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made the town at night, he'd hint to friends about acting again. No one responded.
When Arbuckle finished Silken Husbands, there was a set party to celebrate. Many of the press congratulated him, and finally the big question came, "Can we divulge that Will B. Good is Fatty Arbuckle?"
The comic thought a while, though his ego was itching. The picture had turned out well and Arbuckle wanted the compliments and the adulation that he felt would follow.
Doris took him aside and said, "Let the picture come I out first, then reveal who you are."
Arbuckle took the middle ground and a compromise. He told the press: "Don't quote me and let the picture come out first, then you can kind of leak it out." The boys promised they would only hint at it until the picture was released. And they kept their word.
At the sneak preview of the picture, there was much applause. It was well received. Many of the insiders I knew Arbuckle had directed it and they congratulated him. It was almost like old times. His producer gave him another picture to direct and promised that if eveiything went smoothly he could do a couple of acting bits in it.
Al St. John named a horse "Will B. Good," and the movie colony got a big lack out of it.
The picture opened at the Chinese Theatre, and celebrities like Marguerite Clark, Earle Williams, Theda Bara and Charles Ray attended.
The opening was a big success. Charles Ray threw a little party at the Trocadero afterward. Doris wasn't in I attendance. Arbuckle was already starting to resent her strong guidance, which led to their divorce in 1929. But it was a gala party. Arbuckle had every reason to believe his new career would lead him to new heights.
Then the bomb. Reviews pointed out that Will B. Good was really Fatty Arbuckle. The public, with long memories, reacted violently. It was the same thing all over again. The women's Vigilante Committee picketed the
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