Fatty Arbuckle scandal Westin St. Francis

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pictures, july 23, 1921, roscoe fatty arbuckle on cover


in 1921, st. francis scene of hollywood s first great scandal. silent film comedian roscoe fatty arbuckle, fame @ time rivaled of charlie chaplin, , number of friends guests in rooms 1219, 1220 , 1221. on september 5, 1921, had party in suite, friends , acquaintances hollywood. 1 guest young actress hollywood named virginia rappe. in mid-afternoon arbuckle summoned house doctor , reported virginia rappe sick, , young woman taken room , put bed. arbuckle himself went personal appearance @ movie theater, , returned hollywood next day.


a few days later arbuckle learned virginia rappe had been taken hospital , had died, , friend of young woman, maude delmont, had been @ party, claimed police arbuckle had assaulted , raped her. (delmont s testimony later regarded unreliable police, when discovered delmont had lengthy prior record of extortion. not called witness.) story in headlines of newspapers around united states. girl dead in wild party @ hotel headline in san francisco chronicle, , s.f. booze party kills young actress headline in san francisco examiner.


arbuckle brought trial manslaughter in november 1921 in 1 of publicized trials california , city of san francisco had ever known. arbuckle s lawyers argued virginia rappe had died of natural causes, caused alcohol. in december, after on 40 hours of deliberations, jury unable reach verdict. arbuckle s second trial in january–february 1922 following year ended in hung jury, found not guilty jury in march–april 1922 third trial after 5 minutes of deliberations.


arbuckle free, career ruined. films withdrawn h. hays, president of motion picture producers , distributors of america, , became known hays office began systematic censorship of american motion pictures, result of arbuckle affair.








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