"own name, e.g., horses like Tom Mix's ""Tony"", Roy Rogers's ""Trigger"" and Clayton Moore's ""Silver"". In 1917, to signify ""his patriotism and loyalty to Uncle Sam"" he (or more likely his publicist) announced would ""change the name of his favorite horse from Fritz to one more truly American."" Hart was now making feature films exclusively, and films like ""Square Deal Sanderson"" and ""The Toll Gate"" were popular with fans. Hart married young Hollywood actress Winifred Westover. Although their marriage was short-lived, they had one child, William S. Hart, Jr. (1922–2004). In 1921, Roscoe Arbuckle, a silent screen comedy actor, was"
"Virginia Rappe Virginia Rappe (; July 7, 1895 – September 9, 1921) was an American model and silent film actress. She worked mostly in small bit parts, and is best known for her death after attending a party with actor Roscoe ""Fatty"" Arbuckle, who was accused of complicity in her death, though ultimately exonerated. Virginia Caroline Rappe was born in Chicago, Illinois to an unwed mother, Mabel Rappe, who died when Virginia was 11. Virginia was then raised by her grandmother in Chicago. At age 14, she began working as a commercial and art model. In 1916, Rappe relocated to"
"with the commission of a crime."" Nevertheless, Arbuckle's reputation and career were ruined because of the scandal. The case has been examined by scholars and historians over the years and is still speculated about today, and a number of detailed books about the case have analyzed the incident and subsequent trials. Virginia Rappe Virginia Rappe (; July 7, 1895 – September 9, 1921) was an American model and silent film actress. She worked mostly in small bit parts, and is best known for her death after attending a party with actor Roscoe ""Fatty"" Arbuckle, who was accused of complicity in"
"""The Balloonatic"". However, the name ""Fatty"" identifies the character that Arbuckle portrayed on-screen (usually a naive hayseed)—not Arbuckle himself. When Arbuckle portrayed a female, the character was named ""Miss Fatty"", as in the film ""Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers"". Arbuckle discouraged anyone from addressing him as ""Fatty"" off-screen, and when they did so his usual response was, ""I've got a name, you know."" On September 5, 1921, Arbuckle took a break from his hectic film schedule and, despite suffering from second-degree burns to both buttocks from an accident on set, drove to San Francisco with two friends, Lowell Sherman and Fred"
"death Roscoe ""Fatty"" Arbuckle, in a highly-publicized series of trials, was accused, and later acquitted, of manslaughter. Born in Sambir, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine), Lehrman emigrated to the United States in December 1906 and although he is best remembered as a film director, he began his career as an actor in a 1909 Biograph Studios production directed by D. W. Griffith. He gained the nickname ""Pathé,"" reportedly because he told Biograph he had been sent there from Europe to have a job by France's Pathé Frères. While the executive at Biograph may not have believed him, they nevertheless gave him his"
"1920s, Avery later played supporting roles in low-budget Westerns such as ""The Rambling Ranger"" and ""Western Rover"". On July 23, 1926, Avery was found dead in his Los Angeles home. Per the Department of Health of Los Angeles his cause of death was acute dilation of the heart. Contrary to popular belief he did not commit suicide. Charles Avery Charles Avery (May 28, 1873 – July 23, 1926) was an American silent-film actor, film director, and screenwriter. One of the original seven Keystone Kops, Avery directed Roscoe ""Fatty"" Arbuckle in thirty-one comedies while at Keystone Studios. He was born Charles"
"in Hong Kong of a particularly virulent strain of influenza in 1931. Cecile Arnold Cecile Arnold (1891 or 1895–1931) was an American silent film actress and Ziegfeld Follies girl. She was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1891 or in New York City in 1895. Born Cecile Laval Arnoux, the blonde known for playing femme fatales was a Ziegfeld Follies girl before moving to Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios in 1913. She appeared in at least fifty films with notables such as Charlie Chaplin, Roscoe ""Fatty"" Arbuckle, Mack Swain and Charlie Chaplin's half brother Syd. She ended her film career in 1917"
"Charles Avery Charles Avery (May 28, 1873 – July 23, 1926) was an American silent-film actor, film director, and screenwriter. One of the original seven Keystone Kops, Avery directed Roscoe ""Fatty"" Arbuckle in thirty-one comedies while at Keystone Studios. He was born Charles Avery Bradford in Chicago, Illinois. His sister Charlotte was also an actress, as was his mother Marie Stanley. His father was a playwright. He started acting in the theatre, playing the title role in ""Charley's Aunt"", and the part of Pegleg Hopkins in the adaptation of ""David Harum"" which had William H. Crane in the lead role."
"I Were King"" and ""Mother o' Mine"" are preserved in the silent film archive of the Library of Congress. A print of ""Mother o' Mine"" is also housed in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. The silent film ""Traveling Salesman"", with Roscoe ""Fatty"" Arbuckle in the leading role, can be found in the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection in Rochester, New York. Many of the later sound films in which she appeared are still available, including ""Murders in the Rue Morgue"", ""A Bride for Henry"", ""Love Finds Andy Hardy"", ""Judge Hardy's Children"", and ""Four Wives"". The filmography was compiled"
"m) above the ground. In 1995, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."" It has been shown on Turner Classic Movies. Fatty's Tintype Tangle Fatty's Tintype Tangle is a 1915 comedy short film (2 reel). A man (Fatty), tired of his mother-in-law's henpecking, leaves home in anger and sits on a park bench, where a photographer takes a picture of him sitting next to a married woman, whose husband is not pleased. Conflict ensues. The movie stars Roscoe ""Fatty"" Arbuckle (who also"
"Betty Francisco Betty Francisco (September 26, 1900 – November 25, 1950), born Elizabeth Barton in Little Rock, Arkansas, was an American silent-film actor, appearing in films of many genres primarily in supporting roles. Francisco is credited in more than 50 films from 1920 to 1934, after which it appears she retired from motion picture acting. Her first film credit was in the 1920 film ""A Broadway Cowboy"". Selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1923, she nevertheless continued to be cast in secondary roles and rarely played the lead. She was often cast as the ""other woman"", as"
"which film star Roscoe ""Fatty"" Arbuckle was accused, and amid growing calls by religious groups for federal censorship of the movies. Hiring Hays to ""clean up the pictures"" was, at least in part, a public relations ploy and much was made of his conservative credentials, including his roles as a Presbyterian deacon and past chairman of the Republican Party. In his new position in Hollywood, Hays' main roles were to persuade individual state censor boards not to ban specific films outright and to reduce the financial impact of the boards' cuts and edits. At that time, the studios were required"
"Fatty's Tintype Tangle Fatty's Tintype Tangle is a 1915 comedy short film (2 reel). A man (Fatty), tired of his mother-in-law's henpecking, leaves home in anger and sits on a park bench, where a photographer takes a picture of him sitting next to a married woman, whose husband is not pleased. Conflict ensues. The movie stars Roscoe ""Fatty"" Arbuckle (who also directed), Louise Fazenda, Edgar Kennedy, Minta Durfee and Frank Hayes. Arbuckle performs several feats of dexterity in the first few minutes and, near the end, runs and bounces on 17 closely spaced apparent telephone wires over 20 feet (6"
"A listing for a home video does not automatically mean that the title is still available for viewing. All of these films were made in sound, and are extant. Al St. John's association with his uncle, Roscoe ""Fatty"" Arbuckle, was central to his film career. Arbuckle first brought St. John to the Keystone set in 1913; over the years to follow, Arbuckle routinely employed St. John in playing rubes, rivals and other parts in support of his popular ""Fatty"" character. When Arbuckle left Keystone in early 1917 to form the Comique Comedy unit at Paramount, he and St. John were"
"from films after 1920, available records suggest that he lived the remaining years of his life with Minta. Luke died in 1926 in Los Angeles at age 13, in keeping with the average life expectancy of his breed. It is unknown where his remains were interred. Luke the Dog Luke the Dog (1913-1926) was a Staffordshire Bull Terrier that performed as a recurring character in American silent comedy shorts between 1914 and 1920. He was also the personal pet of actress Minta Durfee and her husband, the comedian and director Roscoe ""Fatty"" Arbuckle. Although Luke never attained the stardom of"
"Love (1919 film) Love is a 1919 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Prints of the film survive in collections. As summarized in a magazine, Fatty (Arbuckle) meets Winnie (Westover) after rescuing her father Frank (Hayes) from a well at their farm and is smitten with her. Fatty is dismissed and leaves, however, as Frank wants Winnie to marry Al Clove (St. John). Fatty returns to the farm in the disguise of a hired girl so that he can be near his beloved, but finds he must fend off the flirtations of her father Frank. Winnie's"
"are known to survive. In 1921, she married Sidney G. Ash. Alice Mann Alice Mann (October 16, 1899 – March 1986) was an American silent film actress. Mann began her film career in late 1915 with the Lubin Manufacturing Company, appearing in six shorts before the production company ceased operations the following year. She then moved to Vitagraph Studios, appearing in ten shorts in 1916 and 1917, many with veteran vaudeville actor Jimmy Aubrey and nine of which were directed by nascent film comedian/director Larry Semon. Arbuckle then cast her in three of his early Comique shorts (produced by Joseph"
"Cecile Arnold Cecile Arnold (1891 or 1895–1931) was an American silent film actress and Ziegfeld Follies girl. She was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1891 or in New York City in 1895. Born Cecile Laval Arnoux, the blonde known for playing femme fatales was a Ziegfeld Follies girl before moving to Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios in 1913. She appeared in at least fifty films with notables such as Charlie Chaplin, Roscoe ""Fatty"" Arbuckle, Mack Swain and Charlie Chaplin's half brother Syd. She ended her film career in 1917 to marry a banker and relocated to the Orient where she died"
"Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day is a 1915 American silent comedy short or ""one-reeler"" directed by Fatty Arbuckle and co-starring Arbuckle and Mabel Normand. This short begins with Mabel toiling in the kitchen, handwashing clothes while her shiftless husband lies in bed in the adjacent room and refuses to assist her. She even throws a pan of water on him, but he still refuses to help. Next door it is wash day too for Fatty, who glumly scrubs clothes as his wife, like Mabel's spouse, carps at him from the bedroom and is unwilling to"
"him to the cafe where Mabel and Fatty are still sitting. Fights commence with slaps, flailing purses, and police nightsticks being wildly applied. The film ends with Fatty being pummeled by the cops and his wife and Mabel leading her husband away by his ear. Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day is a 1915 American silent comedy short or ""one-reeler"" directed by Fatty Arbuckle and co-starring Arbuckle and Mabel Normand. This short begins with Mabel toiling in the kitchen, handwashing clothes while her shiftless husband lies in bed in the adjacent room and refuses to assist"
"Betty Burbridge Betty Burbridge (December 7, 1895 – September 19, 1987) was an American screenwriter and actress, best known for her Western screenplays. Elizabeth Burbridge was born in San Diego, California on December 7, 1895, the granddaughter of Civil War Major General Stephen G. Burbridge. She began her career as an actress working in 62 silent short films between 1913 and 1916 using her birth name Elizabeth Burbridge. She also appeared in four feature-length silent films: ""Rumpelstiltskin"" (1915), ""The Winged Idol"" (1915), ""The Tongues of Men"" (1916), and ""Charity"" (1916). In 1917, Burbridge began her career as a screenwriter, working"
"of Fame at 6513 Hollywood Blvd., in Hollywood, California, USA. Clara Kimball Young Clara Kimball Young (September 6, 1890 – October 15, 1960) was an American film actress, who was highly regarded and publicly popular in the early silent film era. Clarisa Kimball was born in Chicago to Edward Marshall and Pauline Kimball ""(née"" Pauline Madeline Garrett; 1860–1919), traveling stock actors. She made her stage debut at the age of three, and throughout her early childhood traveled with her parents and acted with their theater company. She attended St. Francis Xavier Academy, Chicago. Afterwards she was hired into a stock"
"Fred Fishback Fred C. Fishback (born Mosew Fischback; January 18, 1894 in Bucharest, Romania – January 6, 1925 in Los Angeles) was a film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer of the silent era. Following the 1921 scandal surrounding Roscoe Arbuckle, in which he was involved, Fishback worked mostly under the pseudonym Fred Hibbard. Fred Fishback was born Mosew Fischback (sometimes spelled Fischbach) on January 18, 1894, in Bucharest, Romania. He immigrated to the United States around 1900, and made his motion picture debut with Thomas H. Ince in 1912. As Freddy Fischbach, he became a cameraman at Mack Sennett's Keystone"
"investment. Grauman was known far and wide among Hollywood's leading stars and was considered to be a close friend to many, including Roscoe ""Fatty"" Arbuckle. It was in Grauman's office at the Million Dollar Theatre that Arbuckle called the San Francisco police to turn himself in. Arbuckle began working for Grauman as a singer at his San Francisco Unique Theater as R. C. Arbuckle. The San Francisco theater connections of father and son meant the Graumans knew people like Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford, as the stars had performed at one of the Grauman theaters when they were on their"
"to correct her bow-legs (genu varum). It came out in the investigation that a decade earlier he had performed weight loss surgeries on Shattuck, Sophie Tucker and several other celebrities of the day. Shattuck was among the more than two hundred mourners who attended Fatty Arbuckle's funeral in New York in July 1933. During the remainder of her life, Shattuck would periodically return to the stage and on occasion perform in radio productions. In 1935, Hollywood reporter Alan McElwain listed her among a group of once-popular performers working at the time for $7.50 a-day as a movie bit player. Shattuck"
"A Reckless Romeo A Reckless Romeo is a 1917 American short silent comedy film directed by and starring Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle. A philandering husband's public flirtation with a beautiful girl—and the resulting brawl with the woman's boyfriend—are captured by a newsreel cameraman. When the husband takes his wife and her mother out to the movies, the footage is shown on-screen. The husband tries to flee the theater, only to be spotted and leaped upon by the woman's boyfriend, treating viewers to two simultaneous fights between the same two men, both on-screen and in the aisle. The film was released by"
"Kathryn Adams Kathryn Adams (May 25, 1893 – February 17, 1959) was an American silent film actress. Her name is sometimes seen as Catherine Adams. Born Ethalinda Colson in St. Louis, Missouri, After being educated in St. Louis, she had vocal training in New York. Early in her career, Adams ""played in numerous types of legitimate drama"". She entered films in 1915 after a brief and rather unsuccessful stint in musical comedy. Adams worked for the Thanhouser Company in its early films and had the lead roles in that company's productions ""The Bird of Prey"" and ""The Phantom Witness"". After"
"veteran stunt dog did not appear again on screen after his work with Keaton in ""The Scarecrow"" in 1920. A scandal that rocked Arbuckle's personal and professional life in 1921 may have also affected Luke's career and be another reason for his apparent retirement from performing. The public closely identified Luke with Fatty, whose own acting career tragically ended as a result of the noted scandal. Arbuckle's films were effectively banned from theaters for a while, and some things even associated with the former star were shunned by moviegoers and the media as well. Whatever the reasons for Luke's absence"
"arms around Mama and Mabel and all three happily walking away together. Wished on Mabel Wished on Mabel is a 1915 American silent comedy short or ""one-reeler"" filmed at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California, and directed by Mabel Normand. The short also co-stars Normand and Roscoe ""Fatty"" Arbuckle. This ""farce comedy"" begins with an older, well-dressed woman sitting down on a park bench with her daughter Mabel. With a magazine in hand, ""Mama"" proceeds to read to the obviously bored young woman, whose spirits are lifted when nearby she sees her boyfriend ""Fatty"". Mabel motions to him to"
"an actor in the 1920s. In 1930, Betty Francisco married Fred Spradling. She died of a heart attack on her El Cerrito, California ranch in 1950, aged 50, and was interred at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Glendale, California. Betty Francisco Betty Francisco (September 26, 1900 – November 25, 1950), born Elizabeth Barton in Little Rock, Arkansas, was an American silent-film actor, appearing in films of many genres primarily in supporting roles. Francisco is credited in more than 50 films from 1920 to 1934, after which it appears she retired from motion picture acting. Her first film credit"
"a feature film. Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle was born on March 24, 1887, in Smith Center, Kansas, one of nine children of Mary E. ""Mollie"" Gordon (d. February 19, 1898) and William Goodrich Arbuckle. He weighed in excess of at birth and, as both parents had slim builds, his father believed the child was not his. Consequently, he named the baby after a politician (and notorious philanderer) whom he despised, Republican senator Roscoe Conkling of New York. The birth was traumatic for Mollie and resulted in chronic health problems that contributed to her death 12 years later. When Arbuckle was nearly"
"Roscoe ""Fatty"" Arbuckle on the top floor, with Natalie Talmadge acting as secretary and taking occasional small roles in her sisters' films. Arbuckle brought in his nephew Al St. John and vaudeville star Buster Keaton. When Schenck decided it was financially advantageous to rent Arbuckle to Paramount Pictures for feature films, Keaton took over the comedy unit and soon married Natalie, bringing him more thoroughly into the Talmadge family fold, at least for a time. Talmadge's first film for her studio, the now lost ""Panthea"", (1917) was directed by Allan Dwan with assistants Erich von Stroheim and Arthur Rosson. The"
"stockbroker, Charles Jacobson. She died at age 31 from tuberculosis. Virginia Lee Corbin Virginia Lee Corbin (December 5, 1910 - June 4, 1942) was an American silent film actress. Corbin began her career as a child actress in 1916, when she was billed as Baby Virginia Corbin, and went on to become a youthful flapper in the 1920s. She was one of the many silent stars that would not make it in the sound era, and retired from acting in the early 1930s. She married Chicago stockbroker Theodore Krol in 1929 and they had two children, Phillip and Robert. They"