"Fatty's Tintype Tangle" is a 27-minute short film and as this one is already over a 100 years old, it is obviously a black-and-white movie. And it is a silent film too. And it suffers from the usual: lack of intertitles. It is so difficult to understand what is going on, especially if you have not read the plot before watching the film and nobody should have to do that in order to understand a movie. Apart from that, there was not even a website with a plot when this was made back in 1915, during the days of World War I. This is nonetheless a very unpolitical movie and at least that's a plus. Apart from that, Arbuckle is fun to watch as always and at least his presence makes one smile, if the story doesn't. He has great charisma, was obviously a very physical actor and also not too bad in terms of dramatic presentation. But all this cannot make up for the fact that it's almost impossible to understand what is going on. I wish I could recommend this movie, but I can't. Thumbs down. Also would have been nicer with Mabel in the cast.
Review of Fatty's Tintype Tangle
