Category: Hollywood

A fascinating story of old Hollywood before the 'talkies' here about Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
who was renowned for hysterical gymnastics to warn the crowd who must have been quite literate his story told here

Adela Rogers St. Johns remembered the early days in Hollywood like this: "Everybody loved everybody. There were love affairs going on, and everybody had an excitement about the whole thing that I've never seen since. None of us knew even vaguely what we were doing. None of us knew what this picture business had come to; the greatest form of art and entertainment the world has ever known was put together there for awhile. It didn't last long but it was great, and here we were, right in the middle of the goldfish bowl, with everybody beginning to look at us."