Roscoe Arbuckle
Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle (March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) was an American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. Starting at the Selig Polyscope Company he eventually moved to Keystone Studios where he worked with Mabel Normand and Harold Lloyd. He mentored Charlie Chaplin and discovered Buster Keaton and Bob Hope. He was one of the most popular silent stars of the 1910s, and soon became one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood, signing a contract in 1921 with Paramount Pictures for an unprecedented $1 million. In September 1921, Arbuckle attended a party at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco during the Labor Day weekend. Bit player Virginia Rappe became drunk and ill at the party; she died four days later at a sanitarium known for performing abortions. Arbuckle was accused by a well-known madam of raping and accidentally killing Rappe. Arbuckle endured three widely publicized trials for manslaughter. His films were subsequently banned and he was publicly ostracized. Though he was acquitted in the third trial and received a written apology from the jury, the trial's scandal has mostly overshadowed his legacy as a pioneering comedian.
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That Little Band of Gold
Fatty weds Mabel though, unfortunately, married life is a bit of a letdown for her since she's stuck at home while he goes galavanting drunkenly around town at all hours. When he reluctantly takes her and Mother out to the opera, his boorish behavior attracts the whole...Watch Movie
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Mabel and Fatty's Married Life
Two of early cinema's biggest comedy stars find matrimony none-too-tranquil in this one-reeler, which begins with them incurring the wrath of an organ-grinder and his monkey. Spooked, Mabel then thinks they've also invited a visit from some brazen burglars into their home,...Watch Movie
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Fatty's Spooning Days
Fatty Arbuckle stars as an incorrigible husband who begins by flirting with the maid and ends up chasing after another man’s wife in the park. The other husband spots Fatty’s wife (Mabel Normand) unattended and so the marriage circle goes round and round. Those indefatigable...Watch Movie
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Fatty's Suitless Days
Fatty Arbuckle needs a suit to attend the ball. He snatches another man’s finery off the clothesline, squeezing himself into the jacket and improvising a cummerbund. What goes around comes around which, in Fatty’s case, means he’ll find himself at the ball without pants....Watch Movie
Actor
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That Little Band of Gold
Fatty weds Mabel though, unfortunately, married life is a bit of a letdown for her since she's stuck at home while he goes galavanting drunkenly around town at all hours. When he reluctantly takes her and Mother out to the opera, his boorish behavior attracts the whole...Watch Movie
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Mabel and Fatty's Married Life
Two of early cinema's biggest comedy stars find matrimony none-too-tranquil in this one-reeler, which begins with them incurring the wrath of an organ-grinder and his monkey. Spooked, Mabel then thinks they've also invited a visit from some brazen burglars into their home,...Watch Movie
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Fatty's Spooning Days
Fatty Arbuckle stars as an incorrigible husband who begins by flirting with the maid and ends up chasing after another man’s wife in the park. The other husband spots Fatty’s wife (Mabel Normand) unattended and so the marriage circle goes round and round. Those indefatigable...Watch Movie
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Fatty's Suitless Days
Fatty Arbuckle needs a suit to attend the ball. He snatches another man’s finery off the clothesline, squeezing himself into the jacket and improvising a cummerbund. What goes around comes around which, in Fatty’s case, means he’ll find himself at the ball without pants....Watch Movie
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