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Bookmark or Share- Encyclopedia of the Great Plains | ARBUCKLE, FATTY (1887-1933)ARBUCKLE, FATTY (1887-1933) Roscoe Arbuckle. Actor, director, screenwriter, and Hollywood outcast, Roscoe Conklin Arbuckle was born in a sod house on his parents' farm near Smith Center, Kansas, on March 24, 1887. His father never liked farming, and a decade later he uprooted the family and moved to California.
- The Skinny on the Fatty Arbuckle Trial - Smithsonian MagazineIn the summer of 1921, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle was on top of the world. Paramount Pictures had paid him an unprecedented $3 million over three years to star in 18 silent films, and he’d just...
- Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - IMDbRoscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle. Roscoe Arbuckle, the youngest of nine children, reportedly weighed 16 pounds at birth in Smith Center, Kansas on March 24, 1887. His family moved to California when he was one year old. At age 8 he first appeared on the stage. His first part was with the Webster-Brown stock company.
- What was the Fatty Arbuckle Scandal and how did it influence ...The Keystone Kops was a slapstick comedy sitcom of the silent era that featured Arbuckle and a handful of other actors as a squad of incompetent police officers. In the show, Arbuckle’s weight—which hovered between an estimated 250 and 300 pounds—was often part of the comedic act. Though he despised the nickname “Fatty,” it stuck.
- Roscoe Arbuckle - WikipediaArbuckle was one of the most popular silent stars of the 1910s and one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood, signing a contract in 1920 with Paramount Pictures for $1,000,000 a year (equivalent to $15.2 million in 2023).
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