Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Fatty Arbuckle" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Roscoe Arbuckle, Fatty Arbuckle, Fatty, film, Virginia Rappe, murder.
Articles specifically referencing the scandal can be found in 1921 and beyond

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle"
Warren Sheaf (Warren, MN), October 24, 1917, Image 5, col. 1-3.
"Arbuckle’s New Comedy a Scream"
The Logan Republican (Logan, UT), January 9, 1919, Page 5, Image 5, col. 2-5.
"Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle"
The Clovis News (Clovis, NM), February 27, 1919, Image 10, col. 1.
"Fatty Arbuckle Tells Why Toasts Can Be Trouble"
The Washington Herald (Washington, DC), July 17, 1919, Page 4, Image 4, col. 4-5.
"Arbuckle Films to be Barred"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), September 12, 1921, LATE FINANCIAL, Image 1, col. 1-8.
"Arbuckle Faces First Degree Murder Charges"
The Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, OK), September 12, 1921, Image 1, col. 3.
"Fatty Facing Murder Trial"
The Seattle Star (Seattle, WA), September 16, 1921, Image 1, col. 3-4.
"Mourning for Fatty"
The Seattle Star (Seattle, WA), September 17, 1921, Page 5, Image 5.
"Comedian’s Rise From Bar-boy Is Closely Analyzed"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), September 18, 1921, SUNDAY MORNING, Page 3, Image 17, col. 5-6.
"Interest Lags in Second Case Against Fatty"
Bisbee Daily Review (Bisbee, AZ), January 15, 1922, SECTION TWO, Page 4, Image 12, col. 3.
"Arbuckle’s Wife Has Again Left Him"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), July 3, 1922, HOME FINAL EDITION, Page 3, Image 3, col. 7.
"Arbuckle, Free, Will Try Comeback"
The Ogden-Standard Examiner (Ogden, UT) , April 13, 1922, LAST EDITION - 4 P. M., Image 1, col. 6.
"Arbuckle to Resume Place in the Movies"
The Bismarck Tribune (Bismarck, ND), December 21, 1922, Image 1, col. 4-6.
"Public Judging Arbuckle Case"
The Seattle Star (Seattle, WA), December 22, 1922, Image 11, col. 4-6.
"Fatty Quotes Bible To Critics"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), December 25, 1922, HOME EDITION, Page 2, Image 2, col. 1.

Fatty Arbuckle: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America