A pictorial history of the movies (1943)

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Record Details:

Title:
A pictorial history of the movies
Date:
1943
Publisher:
New York : Simon and Schuster
Volume:
A pictorial history of the movies
Leaf #:
00053
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
June 20, 2024
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FATTY'S FLIRTATIONS (1914) Mack Swain was born in Salt Lake City— if you care. After twenty-two years of stage experience, he joined forces with Sennett in 1913. A year later he became a chief of the Keystone Cops, throwing pies, chasing the girls, and acting as a foil for Mabel Normand and Gloria Swanson. ABOVE RIGHT The scepter of Pie-Throwing King fell, however, from Ford Sterling's hands right into Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle's, who first appeared on the stage as a blackface monologist, began his movie career as a fivedollar-a-day extra on the Sennett lot. The Master promoted him, first, to a Keystone Cop and, later, to costar with Sterling. Above is a still from Fatty and the Heiress. BELOW Fatty's career ended tragically through a scandal connected with the death of a girl named Virginia Rappe. He was-as the police investigation brought out-one of those present in the San Francisco hotel where she died; and the headlines did their work. A suddenly virtuous public demanded the exclusion of his films from all motion-picture theaters. Below, the King of Custard emotes in Fatty's Flirtations. The girl just above him is Mabel Normand.