Hearst
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Mr_McLaurel — 19 years ago(August 30, 2006 09:00 PM)
Well, I'm an irreverent sort, so I don't really consider it a tragedy that jokes are made about it. After all, if it weren't for the jokes, I'd probably never have found out the real story. Which leads me to the second prong of all this, which is there are almost no surviving Fatty Arbuckle movies around today. I think that's why most people that know about him only know about the rape scandal. It's really a shame.
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SnorrSm1989 — 19 years ago(August 31, 2006 01:41 AM)
It's true that most people who know about him at all today have heard of him through the scandal, and surely is that a huge shame, but actually, many of Arbuckle's films survive today. Until recently most of them were quite hard to find, though, but fortunately, Laughsmith Entertainment released a 4-disc DVD box in his honor last year, and a three-hour long documentary is on the way.
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theoldbull — 18 years ago(May 11, 2007 07:39 AM)
Hearst made a career of not letting facts get in the way of a good story. Most of his syndicate's 1895-98 stories from Cuba were at best "fact-based" but largely fictionand helped drive the country into a major war with Spain. Hearst sent a telegram to William Remington in early 1898 that illustrates his manipulation: "You furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war." It's a good lesson about why everybody should be as skeptical of media as they are of politicians.
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heyjohnny40-1 — 15 years ago(May 16, 2010 04:27 AM)
Hearst printed anything that would sell papers. He ruined many careers of celebrities , but didn't mind dropping his pants to get any movie actrss that he could. A real hypocrite. He had aN Illigetimate child with Norma scherear and kept it quiet for years. What a loser.