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The Forgotten Films of
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

This four-DVD set is the quintessential collection of Arbuckle films. Released in May 2005, the set features more than ten hours of footage, much of it newly restored, including 23 shorts starring Arbuckle, one feature, and four shorts Arbuckle directed in 1925-26 under the pseudonym William Goodrich. Accompanying the disks is a 32-page booklet of essays detailing various aspects of the Arbuckle story. Paul Gierucki's piece on the actual restoration process is a particular treasure.

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There are four excellent biographies about Arbuckle. All are out of print, but they usually can be obtained on Amazon:

Edmonds, Andy. "Frame Up: The Shocking Scandal That Destroyed Hollywood's Biggest Comedy Star Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle." Avon Books. (November 1992.)

Oderman, Stuart. "Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle: A Biography of the Silent Film Comedian." McFarland & Company. (May 1994.)

Yallop, David. "The Day the Laughter Stopped." St. Martin's Press. (July 1, 1976.)

Young, Robert. "Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle: A Bio-Bibliography." Greenwood Press. (June 30, 1994.)

Other sources with interesting information about Arbuckle:

Bachman, Gregg and Slater, Thomas J. (ed.) "American Silent Film: Discovering Marginalized Voices." Southern Illinois University Press. (2002.)

Carr, William H. A. "Hollywood Tragedy." Fawcett. (1976.)

Fussell, Betty Harper. "Mabel." Limelight Editions. (1992.)

Guild, Leo. "The Fatty Arbuckle Case." Paperback Library. (1962.)

Keaton, Buster. "My Wonderful World of Slapstick." Doubleday. (1960.)

Jura, Jean-Jacques and Bardin, Rodney Norman. "Balboa Films: A History and Filmography of the Silent Film Studio." McFarland & Company. (1999.)

Keaton, Eleanor and Vance, Jeffrey. "Buster Keaton Remembered." Harry N. Abrams. (2001.)

Lasky, Jesse. "I Blow My Own Horn." Doubleday. (1957.)

Louvish, Simon. "The Life and Clowns of Mack Sennett." Faber & Faber. (2004.)

Maltin, Leonard. "Great Movie Comedians: From Charlie Chaplin to Woody Allen." Random House. (1982.)

McLean, Adrienne L. and Cook, David A. (ed.) "Headline Hollywood: A Century of Film Scandal." Rutgers University Press. (2001.)

Nuetzel, Charles. "Whodunit? Hollywood Style." Book Company of America. (1965.)

Sennett, Mack. "King of Comedy." P. Davies. (1955.)

Wagner, Walter. "You Must Remember This." Putnam. (1975.)

Wayne, Jane Ellen. "Kings of Tragedy." Manor Books. (1976.)

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