Almost a Rescue

{{use mdy dates|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Almost a Rescue | image = | caption = | director = Al Christie | producer = | writer = | starring = Fatty Arbuckle | music = | cinematography = | editing = | studio = Nestor Film Company | distributor = | released = {{film date|1913|8|8}} | runtime = | country = United States | language = Silent with English intertitles | budget = }}

'''''Almost a Rescue''''' is a 1913 American silent short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle.

== Synopsis == Students in a boarding house in New York City find themselves in financial trouble when they are not able to afford their rent.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |date=August 9, 1913 |title=Almost a Rescue |url=https://archive.org/details/movingpicturewor17newy/page/638/mode/2up?q=%22almost+a+rescue%22 |journal=Moving Picture World |volume=17 |issue=6 |pages=638 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

==Cast== * Donald MacDonald as Hawkeye * Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle as Jimmie * Irene Hunt as May Smith * Billie Bennett as Maud Smith * Eddie Lyons as Kussie #1 * Lee Moran as Kussie #2 * Russell Bassett as Dr. Quack

== Production == The film was produced by the Nestor Film Company.<ref name=":0" /> Al Christie directed the film.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Braff |first=Richard E. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Universal_Silents/2RV-EQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22almost+a+rescue%22&pg=PA16&printsec=frontcover |title=The Universal Silents: A Filmography of the Universal Motion Picture Manufacturing Company, 1912-1929 |publisher=McFarland & Company |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-7864-4320-8 |pages=16 |via=Google Books}}</ref> It was released on August 8, 1913.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Walker |first=Brent E. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Mack_Sennett_s_Fun_Factory/NvmcAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22almost+a+rescue%22&pg=PA485&printsec=frontcover |title=Mack Sennett's Fun Factory |date= |publisher=McFarland & Company |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-7864-3610-1 |pages=485 |via=Google Books}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0321165|title=Almost a Rescue}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Almost A Rescue}} Category:1913 films Category:American silent comedy short films Category:1913 comedy films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films directed by Al Christie Category:1913 short films Category:1913 American films Category:1913 English-language films Category:English-language comedy short films