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Jun 25, 2018 · The facts behind the Virginia Rappe case that rocked 1920s Hollywood to its core. In 1921, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle was the highest-paid actor in the world. He had recently signed a deal with Paramount Pictures for a whopping $1 million (about $13 million today), an unheard-of sum at the time. Posters for his movies billed the 266-pound ...
Apr 16, 2006 · April 16, 2006. WHEN Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle checked into the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco for a Labor Day weekend of rest and recreation in September 1921, he was one of the most celebrated ...
Jul 23, 2021 · The Keystone Kops was a slapstick comedy sitcom of the silent era that featured Arbuckle and a handful of other actors as a squad of incompetent police officers. In the show, Arbuckle’s weight—which hovered between an estimated 250 and 300 pounds—was often part of the comedic act. Though he despised the nickname “Fatty,” it stuck.
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Sep 3, 2011 · In 1921, movie star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle attended a party at which an actress died, sparking Hollywood's first major scandal. The mystery remains.
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- Jude Sheerin
Dec 10, 2019 · Rediscovering Roscoe is a film by film examination of his work as a performer, director, and all around comedy creator.Having learned and developed his craft on the stage, Arbuckle came to films in 1909. After joining Mack Sennett's Keystone Company he became one of the most important pioneers of American silent comedy, as well as a screen icon ...
- Steve Massa
Red Mill, The (1926) -- (Movie Clip) Drudge Of The Red Mill Tavern Opening scene, Marion Davies in one of her earliest true comic roles, as Dutch scullery maid Tina, George Siegmann her oppressive boss, and a mouse evidently named Ignatz, in The Red Mill, 1926, directed by the exonerated but still-stigmatized Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, under ...
