Roscoe Arbuckle

..."It" Girl, Clara Bow; Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin; Get Involved! ; Houdini's House; Spanish Kitchen; The Platinum Blonde; Chutes Park; Fatty Arbuckle; The Brown Derby; Griffith Park; The Outpost Sign; Cross Roads of the World; Sowden House;...

In this article: Hollywood, Los Angeles, The Harvey Girls, Fatty Arbuckle, and Cocoanut

...a son. There are those who think Gibson's private life shouldn't affect his film career, but scandals have derailed stars such as Fatty Arbuckle, Ingrid Bergman and Pee-wee Herman. In today's anything-goes world, however, there's a...

In this article: Mel Gibson, Edge of Darkness, Edge of Darkness, Warner Bros., Mad Max, Lethal Weapon, Hollywood, and Academy Awards

...fatale was carefully cultivated by Fox. A similar dichotomy existed with male stars: between, for example, the gleeful anarchy of Fatty Arbuckle's slapstick and the lyrical, sentimental undertones of Charlie Chaplin's tramp. Such...

In this article: Louis B Mayer, Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Homophobia, Bankruptcy, and Norma Desmond

...hotel, at which Arbuckle had been present, a starlet called Virginia Rappe fell seriously ill and died. Arbuckle was charged with raping and killing her. Long before any facts had been established, the press and public turned against him.

In this article: Florence Lawrence, Fatty Arbuckle, Carl Laemmle, Hollywood, Charlie Chaplin, Nicolas Cage, MGM, Jack Nicholson, and Joel Schumacher

...or ups their property taxes. Then they'll wonder what the hell happened. The idiots here in my state of New Jersey voted for Fatty Arbuckle for govenor. I can't wait until he tells them he can't do a damn thing about lowering their property...

In this article: Martha Coakley, Scott Brown, Boston, Massachusetts, WBZ, The Boston Globe, Ted Kennedy, Tax, and Climate change

...flirty eyes, Nigella, with her literary background, sauced up the food lingo and devoured food in close-ups that would have had Fatty Arbuckle, if he had survived popular fiction, fainting dead away. Nigella isn't so much a porn food queen...

In this article: Nigella Lawson, Cancer, Oxford University, Chefography, British food, History Channel, Sunday Times, The Dominion Post, Vogue, and CIA

...storyteller. 9Devil's Garden, by Ace Atkins (Putnam, $24.95). Using the real manslaughter trial of silent film comic Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle in 1921, this meticulously researched historical novel insightfully deals with celebrities, media...

In this article: Michael Connelly, Coal, Scotland Yard, and World War I

...wild parties and drug use resulted in bad publicity. Universal Film Co. started inserting them in contracts in 1921 after actor Fatty Arbuckle was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in a starlet's death. Arbuckle was ultimately acquitted...

In this article: Tiger Woods, Chris Webber, Fila, Michael Vick, Fatty Arbuckle, United States Olympic Committee, and University of Lethbridge

...wild parties and drug use resulted in bad publicity. Universal Film Co. started inserting them in contracts in 1921 after actor Fatty Arbuckle was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in a starlet's death. Arbuckle was ultimately acquitted...

In this article: Tiger Woods, Chris Webber, Fila, Michael Vick, Fatty Arbuckle, and United States Olympic Committee

As Bartolo, a plump, funny Bruno Pratico displayed what might well be the fasted patter in the West. A light-on-his feet Fatty Arbuckle, the Italian bass-baritone was, I thought, a riot. Andrea Silvestrelli's Don Basilio, the...

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