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Frame-Up!: The Shocking Scandal That Destroyed Hollywood's Biggest Comedy Star : Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
FrameUp The Shocking Scandal That Destroyed Hollywood's Biggest Comedy Star Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Author:Andy Edmonds Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was Hollywood's biggest, best-loved star in the Golden Age of silent film comedy. At a time when the average American worker earned $300 annually, Arbuckle was under contract to Paramount Studios for a million dollars a year. But the reign of the portly "Prince of Whales" ended tragical... more »ly in 1921. Accused of the brutal rape and murder of a young starlet at a Labor Day party in his hotel suite, Arbuckle was tried on three separate occasions and ultimately acquitted. But the damage had been done. The great comedian's career was over and his life was in ruins. Author Andy Edmonds reveals the astonishing truth about the "Fatty" Arbuckle affair and exposes the shocking Hollywood conspiracy that destroyed a gentle and innocent man.« less