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Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle: A Biography of the Silent Film Comedian, 1887-1933

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Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle: A Biography of the Silent Film Comedian, 1887-1933 - Oderman, Stuart
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Fatty Arbuckle's career came to a sudden halt amidst allegations that he raped and caused the death of a young starlet named Virginia Rappe. Though he was acquitted, the comedian, who was at one time second in popularity only to Charlie Chaplin, was ruined. Interviews with many of Arbuckle's contemporaries (including Minta Durfee, his first wife) and extensive research inform this serious study of the once-fabled comedian. His early days in the Keystone comedies and his relationship with Chaplin are recounted. The details ...

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Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle: A Biography of the Silent Film Comedian, 1887-1933 2005, McFarland & Company, Jefferson

ISBN-13: 9780786422777

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Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle: A Biography of the Silent Film Comedian, 1887-1933 1994, McFarland & Company, Jefferson, NC

ISBN-13: 9780899508726

Hardcover