Fatty plays a village blacksmith in “Jazzville,” an imaginary rural village. There is a rivalry between Fatty and Cy Klone, the garage owner, over the affections of a pretty schoolteacher. A city chap unites the two rivals when he tries to steal the girl. An annual village ball features amateur talent in vaudeville stunts with Keaton as a wriggling Fatima who charms a long black stocking from a cigar box like a snake. The film is presumed lost.


A Country Hero (1917)
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Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Village Blacksmith

Al St. John
City Gent

Alice Lake
Schoolteacher

Joe Keaton
Cy Klone, Garage Owner

Natalie Talmadge
Bit Part (uncredited)