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 ...

known to the world as “Fatty.” From a childhood of cruelty and poverty in Kansas, Arbuckle had worked his way through stints in blackface and drag on the Vaudeville stage and then to movies.

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 ...

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 ...

This show offers giddy fun but not a thorough biography of silent-screen comedian Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, whose career was ruined when a chorus girl died in his hotel room. That scandal is ...

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 ...