Roscoe Arbuckle
Videos
Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle was an American silent film actor, director, and screenwriter. He started at the Selig Polyscope Company and eventually moved to Keystone Studios, where he worked with
Arbuckle c. 1916
Fatty Arbuckle ad from The Film Daily, 1932
Arbuckle with his and Minta Durfee's dog Luke, c. 1919
Hand-tinted photograph of Arbuckle, c. 1915
Virginia Rappe
Videos
Zelliene Virginia Rappe was an American model and silent film actress. Working mostly in bit parts, Rappe died after attending a party with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, who was tried for manslaughter and
Roscoe Arbuckle
…million in 2025). Arbuckle was the defendant in three widely publicized trials between November 1921 and April 1922 for the rape and manslaughter of Virginia Rappe. Rappe had fallen ill at a party hosted by Arbuckle at San Francisco's St. Francis Hotel in September 1921, and died four days later. A friend of Rappe…
Rappe, c. 1920
Rappe's casket arrives in Los Angeles, September 17, 1921
Casket of Virginia Rappe
The gravesite of Virginia Rappe (with incorrect birth year) at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, maintained by The Silent Film Cemetery Project