ROBERT ARKUS
Abstract
KANSAS
FILM COMICS: Arbuckle & Keaton
A presentation of rare Keaton footage and
featuring the premiere screening of a new video restoration of
His
Wife's Mistake ( 1916) with Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
and musical score by Ben Model.
Bio
Robert Arkus is a film historian and archivist. He has presented
rare film footage at past Buster Keaton Celebrations in Iola, KS
and has contributed his talents to film retrospectives at The
Museum of Modern Art and Lincoln Center in NYC, the BFI in London
and SLAPSTICON in Arlington, VA. He has also worked on the
production of several DVD box sets, including Laughsmith
Entertainment’s The Forgotten Films of Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle,
New Wave Media’s Popeye the Sailor, All Day Entertainment’s Harry
Langdon: Lost and Found and Becoming Charley Chase. Most
recently, Robert has contributed materials to KINO’s Buster Keaton
Short Films Collection. Robert is also on the board of directors
of Silent Cinema Presentations in New York City.