if youre curious about roscoe arbuckle and he do and he didnt be not the best place to begin . to a newcomer and i would rather recommend fatty and mabel adrift and love or the garage . these short film be some of the most slickly pace from the era and and provide plenty of pure and often clever fun . that say and he do and he didnt be still one of the best film he make during this period and just not so much and i think and for the sake of comedy . ( spoiler ) roscoe love his wife ( a usually play by mabel normand and who also do a remarkable job a a dramatic actress ) terribly much and but and a in so many other case and the fear of lose the love be much high than the pleasure of have it . mabel receive a card from an early boyfriend and jack and and she invite him home to dinner and which make roscoe jealous and but not in the usual keystone way while he feel serious bitterness and his feeling be powerfully express through very small gesture . when mabel offer jack to sleep over in her and roscoe house that night and the husband can not handle the pressure any longer . he take his coat and be ready to go . mabel try to explain that jack doesn not mean anything to her and but he would not listen . mabel rush up to jack in the guest room and and knock on the door . jack come out . mabel stare at him with sleepy eye while it be quite obvious that the emotion have not leave even after all the year that have pass . shortly afterwards and some bandit arrive at the house . jack finally manage to throw them out and but mabel be terribly affect by the shock . meanwhile and roscoe return and frustrate a never before . jack hold mabel in his arm and in an attempt to get her back on her foot again and when roscoe open the door with a gun in his hand . roscoe face explain all his thought . he star at jack and cold and bitter and and raise the gun against him . arbuckle acting be here thoroughly underplayed and quite a contrast to the various grimace he usually adapt at this time . jack fall out from the window behind him . mabel wake up and confused and still in shock and and roscoe strangles her in frustration . then and of course and it turn out that everything be a dream . after all and a keystone flick be a keystone flick . when roscoe realize that none of this happen outside his imagination and he go up to mabel room . she be sleep . he close the door with a grin on his face and and the film be over . ( spoiler end ) now and one question be perhaps fair to ask represent be he do and he didnt a parody . the whole story might seem date and silly to some of you and but frankly and i do not care . if he do and he didnt actually be intend a a parody of the many short drama of the era and it surely say something about arbuckle talent when his performance leave the viewer wonder whether it be suppose to be serious or amuse . whatever the case and along with the beautiful musical score and this be a truly remarkable little film and much good than many authentic drama from the same period .