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Virginia Rappe was a silent film actress who had a prominent role in Paradise Garden in 1917 — but she was just as well known for her sensationalized and mysterious death. Her death marked one of ...
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle was a million-dollar-a-year silent film star who rivaled Charlie Chaplin - but his life was destroyed after being tried for murder and acquitted in 1922 ...
Emmy-award winning actor Eric Stonestreet has lined up a prestige project to fill his "Modern Family" downtime. Looks like he'll be playing infamous silent film comedian Fatty Arbuckle in an HBO movie ...
Labor day -- Journeys: 1887-1908 -- Virginia -- Sanitarium -- Hollywood: 1909-12 -- Postmortem -- Rise: 1913-14 -- The next weekend -- Muddle: 1915-16 -- Indictment ...
SHREVEPORT, La. -- As the crawfish season winds down, Fatty Arbuckle’s Pub in the Red River District hosted its final boil of the year, marking a flavorful farewell to the popular crustaceans. Located ...