Gasoline Gus

1921 film

August 20, 1921 (1921-08-20)

Running time

5 reelsCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Gasoline Gus is a 1921 American comedy film directed by James Cruze and starring Fatty Arbuckle.^[1] Prints of Gasoline Gus held at the Gosfilmofond archive in Russia and Cinematheque Belgique.^[2]^[3]

Plot

Cast

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Gasoline Gus
Lila Lee as Sal Jo Banty
Charles Ogle as Nate Newberry
Theodore Lorch as Dry Check Charlie
Wilton Taylor as Judge Shortridge
Knute Erickson as 'Scrap Iron' Swenson
Fred Huntley

Other media

Gasoline Gus is an early 20th century popular culture figure who also appeared in cartoon strips and a record single, both of which precede the film. The comic strip was written by O.P. Williams and was syndicated by the Philadelphia North American between 1913 and 1914. Gasoline Gus was a taxi driver and car fanatic who constantly wrecked his early automobile.^[4] Billy Murray and the American Quartet recorded the song "Gasoline Gus and his Jitney Bus" in 1915.^[5]

The petroleum scientist and Director of Universal Oil Products, Gustav Erloff, was nicknamed Gasoline Gus from 1915.^[6]

References

^ "The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Gasoline Gus".
^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Gasoline Gus". silentera.com. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
^ Arbuckle, Roscoe (February 1, 1921). "Gasoline Gus" – via memory.loc.gov.
^ "Stripper's Guide: Obscurity of the Day: Gasoline Gus". Retrieved March 12, 2017.
^ "Browse All Recordings | Gasoline Gus and his jitney bus, Take 2 (1915-07-26) | National Jukebox LOC.gov". www.loc.gov. Archived from the original on October 30, 2014.
^ Science (magazine) 11 May 1956

External links

Gasoline Gus at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie

Films directed by James Cruze

1910s

From Wash to Washington (1914)
Too Many Millions (1918)
The Dub (1919)
Alias Mike Moran (1919)
The Roaring Road (1919)
You're Fired (1919)
The Love Burglar (1919)
The Valley of the Giants (1919)
The Lottery Man (1919)
Hawthorne of the U.S.A. (1919)
An Adventure in Hearts (1919)

1920s

Terror Island (1920)
Mrs. Temple's Telegram (1920)
The Sins of St. Anthony (1920)
What Happened to Jones (1920)
Food for Scandal (1920)
A Full House (1920)
Always Audacious (1920)
The Charm School (1921)
The Dollar-a-Year Man (1921)
Gasoline Gus (1921)
Crazy to Marry (1921)
One Glorious Day (1922)
Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922)
The Fast Freight (1922)
The Dictator (1922)
The Old Homestead (1922)
Thirty Days (1922)
The Covered Wagon (1923)
Hollywood (1923)
Ruggles of Red Gap (1923)
To the Ladies (1923)
Leap Year (1924) filmed 1921
The Fighting Coward (1924)
The Enemy Sex (1924)
Merton of the Movies (1924)
The City That Never Sleeps (1924)
The Garden of Weeds (1924)
The Goose Hangs High (1925)
Waking Up the Town (1925)
Welcome Home (1925)
Beggar on Horseback (1925)
Marry Me (1925)
The Pony Express (1925)
Mannequin (1926)
Old Ironsides (1926)
The Waiter from the Ritz (1926) never completed or released
We're All Gamblers (1927)
The City Gone Wild (1927)
On to Reno (1928)
The Mating Call (1928)
The Red Mark (1928)
Excess Baggage (1928)
The Duke Steps Out (1929)
A Man's Man (1929)
The Great Gabbo (1929)

1930s

Once a Gentleman (1930)
She Got What She Wanted (1930)
Salvation Nell (1931)
Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932)
If I Had a Million (segment "Death Cell", 1932)
Racetrack (1933)
Sailor Be Good (1933)
I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
Mr. Skitch (1933)
David Harum (1934)
Their Big Moment (1934)
Helldorado (1934)
Two-Fisted (1935)
Sutter's Gold (1936)
The Wrong Road (1937)
Prison Nurse (1938)
Gangs of New York (1938)
Come On, Leathernecks! (1938)

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Songs	"Ain't It Funny What a Difference Just a Few Hours Make" "Alexander's Ragtime Band" "Always Leave Them Laughing When You Say Goodbye" "Any Little Girl, That's a Nice Little Girl, Is the Right Little Girl for Me" "At the Moving Picture Ball" "Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee" "Because I'm Married Now" "Blue Feather" "Bon Bon Buddy" "Charley, My Boy" "Cheyenne" "Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!" "College Life" "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine" "Cordelia Malone" "Cuddle up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine" "Daddy, Come Home" "Dear Sing Sing" "Dixie" "Don't Bring Lulu" "Everybody Works but Father" "Forty-five Minutes from Broadway" "Gasoline Gus" "Give My Regards to Broadway" "Harrigan" "He'd Have to Get Under – Get Out and Get Under (to Fix Up His Automobile)" "He Goes to Church on Sunday" "He May Be Old, But He's Got Young Ideas" "Hello, Hawaii, How Are You?" "I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark" "In My Merry Oldsmobile" "In the Good Old Summer Time" "In the Land of the Buffalo" "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree" "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" "It's the Same Old Shillelagh" "It Takes the Irish to Beat the Dutch" "I've Been Floating Down the Old Green River" "I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now" "I've Got Rings On My Fingers" "I Want to Go Back to Michigan" "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" "K-K-K-Katy" "Moonlight Bay" "Oh! By Jingo" "Oh, You Beautiful Doll" "On the 5:15" "On the Old Fall River Line" "Over There" "Play a Simple Melody "Pretty Baby" "Pride of the Prairie" "School Days" "Shine On, Harvest Moon" "Some Sunday Morning" "Tipperary" "Under the Anheuser Bush" "The Worst Is Yet to Come" "The Yankee Doodle Boy" "You'd Be Surprised" "You're a Grand Old Flag"

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