The Fatty Arbuckle case (1962)

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a dull party," she said tipsily, "and I'm going to liven it up." Everyone laughed and applauded. "Wait," she said. She walked into the Arbuckle bedroom, closing the door. All eyes turned to the closed door. Conversation was turned down to a minimum. A few moments later Maude came out dressed in Arbuckle's over-sized pajamas. She bowed and everyone applauded. She went to the radio and turned it until she had the music she wanted. It was slow and deliberate. She did a land of Turkish harem dance to the music, then became dissatisfied with it and turned to a faster dance. She whirled and kicked in typical showgirl tradition. With the large pajamas flapping it got laughs. Even Arbuckle applauded. Fat, stumpy Labman tried to grab her as a partner in the dance, but she gave him a shove that landed him on the floor alongside Betty. Maude's dance became more and more energetic. Some of the guests picked up the beat with their clapping hands. When the dance number ended she was panting hard and wiped the perspiration from her brow with an exaggerated gesture. "It's hot," she said, and with a crooked grin on her face, she deliberately unbuttoned her pajama top and tossed it on a chair. There was nothing underneath. "Hey, hey I" screamed Arbuckle. "Now we got a party going." Maude went into another dance and Arbuckle grabbed her, dancing along with her. "Take it off, Fatty" someone yelled. "Only the girls undress," he answered. While he danced he tried to untie Maude's pajama bottoms. But they were knotted. "Stop it, you idiot!" shouted Maude. "I got panties underneath and there's a hole in them." Arbuckle stopped dancing, took out some crumpled 37