A recent posting on Smithsonian‘s history blog Past Imperfect, The Skinny on the Fatty Arbuckle Trial ... He frequently dressed in drag, enjoyed the kind of violent jokes that would become ...

Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle ... did dressing in drag. Shy and sensitive about his weight, he hated his moniker and no one close to him ever called him Fatty. His manners, like his dress, were ...

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On this day in pop culture history, long before Lindsay Lohan’s latest DUI/theft/bar fight dominated the tabloids, silent film actor Roscoe Conkling “Fatty” Arbuckle went on trial for the ...

At some point, Arbuckle and Rappe ended up together in a bedroom from where, a few minutes later, her screams were heard. Video caption, 'Fatty' Arbuckle in silent film The Waiters' Ball ...

After Fatty Arbuckle's career was deep-sixed by one of the biggest scandals of its day, he tried his hands at a few things, not the least of which was Fatty Arbuckle's Plantation Cafe. Built at ...

A clip of Roscoe Arbuckle in silent film "Fatty" in Coney Island, from 1917. 'Fatty' Arbuckle in Coney Island. Video, 00:02:29'Fatty' Arbuckle in Coney Island Up Next. Trump's historic court ...

Addie McPhail, a former Hollywood actress who became the third and last wife of scandal-plagued silent-film comedian Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, has died. She was 97. McPhail, whose most recent ...