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Auction History Result 8z1251 OH DOCTOR LC 1919 Buster Keaton & fake cop Fatty Arbuckle arresting girls, beyond rare! Date Sold 6/10/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Oh Doctor!, the 1917 Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle silent romantic love triangle family relationship horse racing gambling jewel robbery comedy short starring Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle (in the title role as Dr. Fatty Holepoke), Buster Keaton (as Fatty's son, Junior Holepoke), Al St. John, Alice Mann, and Alice Lake. Note that this short is available for viewing on YouTube, and it packs a lot of plot into its 20 minutes! Fatty is a doctor who has been gambling away the family's money at the racetrack (he has a wife and a grown son, played by Buster Keaton). Meanwhile, a thieving woman and her male accomplice decide to rob Fatty's wife after the woman sees their house. She steals the wife's necklace and after many chases (including Fatty disguised as a policeman), everything works out okay. Buster Keaton's role is to constantly laugh at his father, and each time he is rewarded by being knocked down, which he does in a comical way. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that ANY movie paper items from this movie are incredibly rare. We have only previously auctioned two 8x10 lobby cards and a French one-panel from this movie (and NO other movie paper) until we received this lobby card, which prominently features both Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton (at the start of his career)! Also, a silent film expert tells us that Arbuckle comedies were so popular that they were in continuous first release for a considerable time. This item is dated 1919 and was created when more advertising material was needed to fulfill the demand. Please know that this item is from the 1919 continuous first release of this short. Also note that we have a scan of both the front and the back of this lobby card, which should greatly help you see what defects it has. Condition: good. The card had tears and paper loss in the girl's waist that slightly extended into Keaton's and Arbuckle's waists. It also had pinholes, smudges, and creases around the edges, with a diagonal crease in the top left corner and a small tear in the right border. Someone very long ago took a piece of paper and taped it to the back of the area where the paper loss and tears were, and then performed amateur restoration to the front of that area. If I owned this incredibly rare and desirable card, I would surely have a talented restorer undo the amateur restoration and properly restore it, and afterwards, we hope this card will have a place of honor on the new owner's wall! Learn More about condition grades 
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