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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Roscoe_ArbuckleRoscoe Arbuckle - Wikipedia

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   Roscoe Arbuckle. Roscoe Conkling " Fatty " Arbuckle ( / ˈɑːrbʌkəl /; March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) was an American silent film actor, director, and screenwriter. He started at the Selig Polyscope Company and eventually moved to Keystone Studios, where he worked with Mabel Normand and Harold Lloyd as well as with his nephew, Al St. John.

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     Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle: The Tragic Story Behind Hollywood’s First Scandal

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     Best of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle silent comedy

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     The Tragic Trials and Tribulations of Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle - The Forgotten Silent Movie Star

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3. www.pbs.org › newshour › healthThe sexual assault case that shocked Hollywood almost a ... - PBS

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   Roscoe Arbuckle, a popular silent film star, was accused of raping and killing Virginia Rappe at a wild party in San Francisco. The case sparked a media frenzy and a trial that exposed the dark side of Hollywood.

4. www.bbc.com › news › magazine-14640719'Fatty' Arbuckle and Hollywood's first scandal - BBC News

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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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6. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › the-skinny-on-theThe Skinny on the Fatty Arbuckle Trial | Smithsonian

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   Roscoe Arbuckle, a million-dollar movie star, was accused of killing Virginia Rappe, an actress, after a party in 1921. The case was sensationalized by the media and involved a blackmailer who claimed to witness the assault.

7. www.imdb.com › name › nm0000779Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - IMDb

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   Learn about the life and career of Roscoe Arbuckle, a silent comedy star and director who was involved in a notorious scandal in 1921. See his photos, videos, awards, trivia and more on IMDb.

   • Birth Date: January 1, 1
   • Birth Place: Smith Center, Kansas, USA

   • Death Date: January 1, 1
   • Death Place: New York City, New York, USA

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   Who was Roscoe Arbuckle?

   • In 1930 he served as an uncredited gag writer for the Wheeler and Woolsey military comedy Half Shot at Sunrise . Arbuckle and Dan Coombs, one of Culver City's first mayors, reopened the Plantation Club near the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios on Washington Boulevard as Roscoe Arbuckle's Plantation Café on August 2, 1928.

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   How old was Roscoe Arbuckle when he first appeared on Coney Island?

   • Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle. Actor: Coney Island. Roscoe Arbuckle, the youngest of nine children, reportedly weighed 16 pounds at birth in Smith Center, Kansas on March 24, 1887. His family moved to California when he was one year old. At age 8 he first appeared on the stage. His first part was with the Webster-Brown stock company.

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   How did Roscoe Arbuckle die?

   • Arbuckle died in his sleep of a heart attack in 1933 at age 46, reportedly on the day that he signed a contract with Warner Bros. to make a feature film. Roscoe Arbuckle was born on March 24, 1887, in Smith Center, Kansas, one of nine children of Mary E. Gordon and William Goodrich Arbuckle.

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   Who was Fatty Arbuckle?

   • One of the first mass media cases of this terrible abuse centered on the once-popular film star Fatty Arbuckle and what happened during a wild party on Labor Day of 1921. Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle was born in Smith Center, Kansas, on March 24, 1887, weighing more than 13 pounds.

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   How did Paramount get Arbuckle?

   • The following year, Paramount poached Arbuckle by offering him his own production company, Comique Film Corporation, and a base salary seven times what he made at Keystone.

   Fatty Arbuckle and the Birth of the Celebrity Scandal

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   Why did Arbuckle go onstage?

   • Arbuckle went onstage—in blackface. (Since he was barefoot, his feet had to be darkened as well.) His mother died when he was twelve, and he was sent north to live with his father, who had abandoned the family and supposedly owned a hotel in the town of Watsonville. By the time Roscoe arrived, alone, his father had sold the hotel and left town.

   Fatty Arbuckle and the Birth of the Celebrity Scandal

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9. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2021/10/11Fatty Arbuckle and the Birth of the Celebrity Scandal

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   Oct 4, 2021 · A hundred years ago, on the Saturday before Labor Day, Roscoe Arbuckle drove his plum-colored Pierce-Arrow to San Francisco for a weekend of partying. At two hundred and sixty-six pounds,...

10. www.britannica.com › biography › Roscoe-ArbuckleRoscoe Arbuckle | Silent Film Star, Comedian & Director

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    Apr 27, 2024 · Roscoe Arbuckle (born March 24, 1887, Smith Center, Kansas, U.S.—died June 29, 1933, New York, New York) was a rotund American comedian and film director of the silent era whose successful career was halted by the first of the major Hollywood scandals.