Keaton appeared in 14 Arbuckle films during a three-year period, only interrupted by Buster's short stint in the Army. His final movie with Fatty before accepting Schenck's studio offer was January 1920's "The Garage." The film was also Arbuckle's last two-reel short since Paramount, seeing how many gags were left on the cutting room floor, wanted to capitalize on the popularity of its top comedian by capitalizing on his previously discarded jokes into longer feature films.
Some claim "The Garage" was the pair's best and funniest movie together. The two comedians are garage mechanics whose props are everything that is found in an automobile service station. Oil is one of the main substances used to create a great amount of belly laughs.
Many of the gags have been imitated in later Hollywood movies, especially in The Three Stooges. One sequence, with Buster hiding from the police, has him snip a cutout of clothes from a nearby billboard to disguise himself. With the help of Fatty, he's able to elude the cop. The scene is one of the highlights in 1939's "Bringing Up Baby" when Katherine Hepburn, with her skirt ripped open in the back, does the exact step escape with Cary Grant.
Some claim "The Garage" was the pair's best and funniest movie together. The two comedians are garage mechanics whose props are everything that is found in an automobile service station. Oil is one of the main substances used to create a great amount of belly laughs.
Many of the gags have been imitated in later Hollywood movies, especially in The Three Stooges. One sequence, with Buster hiding from the police, has him snip a cutout of clothes from a nearby billboard to disguise himself. With the help of Fatty, he's able to elude the cop. The scene is one of the highlights in 1939's "Bringing Up Baby" when Katherine Hepburn, with her skirt ripped open in the back, does the exact step escape with Cary Grant.