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''Buzzin' Around'' is a 1933 American
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starring Fatty Arbuckle, and directed by Alfred J. Goulding.


Plot

Cornelius ( Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle) invents a liquid which makes objects unbreakable and resilient. Unfortunately he gets the wrong jar when going out to demonstrate his invention. One mishap follows another in this
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comedy.


Cast

* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Cornelius * Al St. John as Al * Dan Coleman as Bit Part (uncredited) * Fritz Hubert as Bit Part (uncredited) *
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as Policeman (uncredited) * Gertrude Mudge as Cornelius's Ma (uncredited) * Al Ochs as Bit Part (uncredited) * Tom Smith as Bit Part (uncredited) * Alice May Tuck as Bit Part (uncredited) * Harry Ward as Bit Part (uncredited)


Production

Bees were animated. Outdoor scenes were filmed immediately around
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See also

* List of American films of 1933 *
Fatty Arbuckle filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of the American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. Films marked with a diamond (♦) were directed by and featured Arbuckle. He used the name William Goodrich on the fil ...


References


External links

* https://archive.org/details/BuzzinAround1933 ;Data * * 1933 films 1933 comedy films 1933 short films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films American comedy short films Short films directed by Alfred J. Goulding Films produced by Samuel Sax Vitaphone short films Warner Bros. short films 1930s American films English-language comedy short films {{short-comedy-film-stub