he died of sadness
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theowinthrop — 20 years ago(June 23, 2005 06:44 PM)
The fact is that he was framed by ambitious politicians (including Mr. Hearst, who hoped to be able to use his newspapers to build up his political base in California - he failed to do very well in New York State or New York City). Arbuckle was a convenient target to claim as an example of the loose moral fibre in Hollywood and the nation in the 1920s. Few noted that Hearst happened to sell his newspapers (as Rupert Murdoch does today) on a huge diet of sex, violence, and scandal. Also few dared (in 1921 - 22, anyway) to comment on the married Mr. Hearst running around with his girlfriend/mistress Marion Davies.
I find it somewhat satisfying that in 1924 (and afterwards) Hearst found himself being pilloried as "questionable" regarding the fate of movie director and producer Thomas Ince on Hearst's yacht. Although he denied it, as did his hired flack Louella Parsons (who was on the yacht on the time that Ince died so "suddenly"), the public accepted the image of Hearst killing Ince purposely or accidentally. While there is no film about Arbuckle, except for a film called THE WILD PARTY with James Coco and Racquel Welch (actually that film is suggested by what happened to Arbuckle), there is a film about Ince's death by Peter Bogdonavitch, THE CAT'S MEOW. It treats Hearst and Davies pretty sympathetically, but it still suggests Hearst did kill Ince. Anyway it treats Hearst (Edward Herrmann in the film) better than Hearst's press ever treated Arbuckle. -
TheBreadGirl — 19 years ago(January 26, 2007 05:35 PM)
Hey I have nothing against his obesity and I don't disagree with you (although, I do think it's common sense that being fat isn't healthy considering you don't really feel at your best when you are so). Anyways, I was just responding to the original poster because it's ridiculous to think that people can die from sadness. People die from the actions they take as a result of sadness.
"Hill House, not sane, stood by itself for eighty years and might stand for eighty more." -
TheBreadGirl — 19 years ago(January 27, 2007 12:38 AM)
The guy weighed 300 lbs. I think it's a pretty safe to say that he didn't die of a HEART ATTACK because he was "sad."
"Hill House, not sane, stood by itself for eighty years and might stand for eighty more."