Century of Slapstick #22: A Flirt's Mistake
One hundred years ago today, Mack Sennett’s Keystone released the hilarious comedy A Flirt’s Mistake, directed by George Nichols. The titular “flirt” is of course, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, who compulsively annoys every woman he sees, much to the ire of his wife (Minta Durfee). His “mistake” is thinking a mysterious Eastern “rajah” (Edgar Kennedy) is a [&#…