As a Pinkerton Agency detective, Hammett investigated the rape and manslaughter case against early Hollywood star Roscoe Arbuckle, one of the most sensational trials of the 20th Century.
In 1915, she appeared as herself in the early documentary film Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco, which was directed and starred by Fatty Arbuckle.
During his term as mayor, Moore banned the showing of films by Roscoe Arbuckle because the charges pending against Arbuckle for rape and murder would offend public morals.
In 1915 he appeared as himself in an early documentary film titled Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco, which was directed by and starred Fatty Arbuckle.
In 1922, the motion picture industry was faced with a number of scandals, including manslaughter charges against star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.
Merton views this through a study of the career of the silent film star Roscoe Arbuckle and how a false accusation led to his expulsion from the industry and as an excuse for instigating film self-censorship.
the Roscoe Arbuckle trials (Moore's uncle Walter Howey, a Hearst Corporation editor, had fanned public outrage against Arbuckle);
Roscoe Conkling | Roscoe Arbuckle | William Roscoe | Samuel Arbuckle | Iggy Arbuckle | Fort Arbuckle | Roscoe Orman | Roscoe Pound | Jon Arbuckle | Ingrid Roscoe | Thomas Roscoe | Roscoe Shelton | Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle | Roscoe Beck | William Roscoe Estep | Roscoe Turner | Roscoe Tanner | Roscoe, Missouri | Roscoe Lee Browne | Roscoe Karns | Roscoe, Illinois | Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter | Roscoe Drummond | Roscoe Bartlett | Roscoe | Matthew Arbuckle | Ingrid Roscoe, Inspecting the 3rd Battalion (Duke of Wellington's) of the Yorkshire Regiment | Henry Enfield Roscoe | Fort Arbuckle (Oklahoma) | Charles Roscoe Savage |
Many other important actors also worked at Keystone toward the beginning of their film careers, including Marie Dressler, Harold Lloyd, Mabel Normand, Roscoe Arbuckle, Gloria Swanson, Louise Fazenda, Raymond Griffith, Ford Sterling, Ben Turpin, Harry Langdon, Al St. John and Chester Conklin.