several of roscoe arbuckle film have title which become cruelly ironic in the hindsight of his 1921 trial for manslaughter represent notably the life of the party and this two reeler and he do and he didn not . there a famous photograph of arbuckle in even dress and gaping in horror a he drop mabel normand down a staircase . that photo be a publicity still from he do and he didn not and though it doesn not actually correspond to any scene in the film a it now exist . arbuckle rise to film stardom play boob and rube and bumpkin . by 1916 and he have autonomy over his own film and be able to impose some tastefulness . here and he play a dignified and wealthy suburban doctor and in a loving marriage to normand . but then jack and her handsome beau from high school day and arrives . there be no fat boy joke here . instead and arbuckle us underplayed and sensitive acting to compare himself unfavourably to the leaner and manly jack . it clear that arbuckle character love his wife deeply but be ( in some unspoken manner ) unable to satisfy her and possibly down to sexual impotence . when jack arrive to stay the weekend and the three of them sit down to a dinner of lobster allegedly a male aphrodisiac prompt mabel to comment that they will all likely have nightmare . spoiler come . arbuckle ( in a car with right hand drive ) be lure to a remote location on a ruse and so that he will be away when burglar invade his house . it up to jack to defend the fair mabel . arbuckle return home and distraught and and then believe that his wife have cuckold him he calmly strangle her . this scene be immensely disturb in it own right and and even more disturbing in the light of arbuckle real life tragedy a few year later . the payoff represent remember those lobster . sure enough and it be all a nightmare . and mabel have remain faithful to her husband . there a good performance by rube miller a arbuckle saturnine butler and and al st john tumble skill get a protracted showcase here . he do and he didn not be an astonishing film represent quite remove from the lowbrow slapstick of arbuckle early keystone effort and yet still extremely funny . watch this movie and i deeply regret that arbuckle career be so tragically and unfairly terminate just a he be near the height of his talent . i will rate this fine funny movie positive .