Forty Quarts of Liquor: Fatty Arbuckle and the Death of Virginia Rappe: Hollywoo

Description: Forty Quarts of Liquor by Dave Zuda Nearly a century before Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey shamed Hollywood spawning the #MeToo and Times-Up movements, and half a decade before Hollywood Babylons Clara Bow charmed and shocked the world, popular film star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle - second at the box office only to Charlie Chaplin - stood trial for the murder of the young starlets Virginia Rappe. Some medical experts, and the court of public opinion, concluded the girl died in a sexual assault after a weekend of consuming illegal alcohol, her bladder having ruptured under Fattys 266 pounds. But after three trials and a defense that cost Arbuckle more than did O. J. Simpsons "Dream Team," the comedian was freed. The public was never persuaded. "Everywhere today," one period commentary said, "Arbuckles name, with its unsavory associations, is met with a sneer; everywhere indecent living is branded as Fatty Arbuckle stuff." Using contemporaneous accounts, "Forty Quarts of Liquor," - a reference to the amount of prohibition-era illegal alcohol Arbuckles party consumed - documents Hollywoods first scandal. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Details ISBN1985236885 Author Dave Zuda Short Title Forty Quarts of Liquor Language English Year 2018 ISBN-10 1985236885 ISBN-13 9781985236882 Format Paperback Publication Date 2018-03-07 Subtitle Fatty Arbuckle and the Death of Virginia Rappe: Hollywoods First Scandal Pages 140 Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing Platform UK Release Date 2018-03-07 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:129100046;

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