Made in 1925 and then re-released in the 1930s for the home market, THE IRON MULE is a 1925 Fatty Arbuckle directed comedy, starring Al St. John. (This version, with added soundtrack, was re-titled “The 20 Cent Limited”.) The story takes place In 1830, with a train known as the Iron Mule starting off on its trip. Along the way, the train faces numerous farcical obstacles and ridiculous delays. The engineer is prepared for most of them, but the real challenges come when the train is ambushed by Indians. (Supposedly one of the Indians is an uncredited Buster Keaton, and the locomotive used in the film is the same one used in Keaton’s 1923 feature ‘Our Hositality’).

Al St. John (September 10, 1892 – January 21, 1963) was an American film actor. In his persona of Fuzzy Q. Jones, St. John basically defined the role and concept of “comical sidekick” to cowboy heroes from 1930 to 1951.

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