The Fatty Arbuckle case (1962)

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two kissed and made up. Lehrman suggested they go to a movie, but Virginia reminded him that he was going to shop for a birthday present for Wally Reid, a well-known actor Lehrman admired. They went to a jewelry shop on Washington Boulevard to select a gift. In the shop Lehrman was intrigued with a tiger-eye stone surrounded by diamond chips and mounted in a ring in the design of a death's head. Virginia thought it in poor taste, but mostly she disliked the price tag which was very high. She argued that Lehrman shouldn't be so careless with money if he were sincere about marriage. One word led to another and Virginia left the shop without her fiance and took a taxicab home. Lehrman, by the way, did buy the ring and did give it to Wally Reid. The next morning on the set Virginia received a note from Lehrman. It read: "I am sorry about last night. I am going to New York on business for about a week. I will see you when I return— that is, if you want to see me. Please keep well and happy. Love, Irving." Virginia told her wardrobe mistress that it was the best thing that could have happened to her. Now she'd have a chance to think. But her assistant director arranged an early shooting break that day because Virginia was crying in her dressing room. 19