Considering how many "Comique girls" Arbuckle had on hand, it's pushing it to figure he'd have Virginia Rappe travel all the way to New York to sit in a car.
People die from things other than being forced upon by a large man. I'm very petite. My husband is at least as large as he and trust me, I ain't dead.
people also die if they get raped by a bottle in the case of virginia rappe there was evidence that she mightve been raped with a bottle which is sickening that big fatty was violent
@luvebug21 - firstly, that is not Rappe in the above film, it does not appear in any of the available lists of Rappe's credits, secondly, pull your ill informed head out of your backside and do some research
No. Natalie is the person people mis-identify as Virginia Rappe. It would have be physically impossible for Virginia to have been in "His Wedding Night" as she was currently filming "Paradise Garden" 3,000 miles away.
It is most likely Natalie Talmadge, later wife of Buster Keaton. She would have been on the set, being Arbuckle's secretary and script girl, and it does look like Natalie from the side. Another possibility is Norma Talmadge is possibly doing a drive-through, but I doubt it.
The Rappe myth comes from an Italian website that existed a few years ago, but now gone. MissMerrivale effectively sinks this story for good. She knows more about Virginia Rappe than anyone alive today.
A) Visual ID; it isn't Virginia Rappe. B) His Wedding Night was made on the east coast at the same time Paradise Garden was filming on the west coast.
personally, idk either way, but if it were true virginia was filming on the opposite coast, it wouldn't make much sense it's her. not in those days, there were thousands of available starlets. virginia wasn't that sought after. just sayin
Nobody killed her (unless a doctor did through malpractice). She died of peritonitis, and a grifter named Maude Delmont trumped up a false accusation in a blackmail attempt. The charges against Arbuckle were completely discredited.
"That Roscoe Arbuckle had anything to do with the death of Virginia Rappe is something that no reasonable person, when shown the facts of the matter, believes today." -film historian David B. Pearson-
@MabelNormand Actually if u study closely the facts u will find it was a lie for money, he was used by Rappe and her friend. Her death was caused by a ruptured bladder due to the amount of abortions she had and why do u think her organ were destroyed? Coverup... think about it
Then save us your asinine comments and think before you post
It was stupid speculation like that which cost an innocent man his career
thishandisfine 1 year ago
That's Natalie Talmadge.
davidbpearson2 2 years ago
Considering how many "Comique girls" Arbuckle had on hand, it's pushing it to figure he'd have Virginia Rappe travel all the way to New York to sit in a car.
ubermom 2 years ago
Roscoe is innocent!
AudryLovesFatties 3 years ago 8
If he is innocent why did Virginia rappe died,Fatty arbuckle was a cow
luvebug21 2 years ago
People die from things other than being forced upon by a large man. I'm very petite. My husband is at least as large as he and trust me, I ain't dead.
AudryLovesFatties 2 years ago
people also die if they get raped by a bottle in the case of virginia rappe there was evidence that she mightve been raped with a bottle which is sickening that big fatty was violent
luvebug21 2 years ago
And would not rape with a bottle sort of defeat the purpose of a rape?
AudryLovesFatties 2 years ago
@luvebug21 - firstly, that is not Rappe in the above film, it does not appear in any of the available lists of Rappe's credits, secondly, pull your ill informed head out of your backside and do some research
thishandisfine 1 year ago
Come on there's no need for going all cookoo.
luvebug21 1 year ago
@AudryLovesFatties Exactly, Long live Roscoe!
Gilly1917 1 year ago 2
Virginia Rappe never acted in this movie.
Hugo
tousamis 3 years ago
Gas for $1.00!
JFLD8 3 years ago 2
That is Virginia Rappe and Natalie Talmadge in the back seat of the car
jingles0 3 years ago
No. Natalie is the person people mis-identify as Virginia Rappe. It would have be physically impossible for Virginia to have been in "His Wedding Night" as she was currently filming "Paradise Garden" 3,000 miles away.
davidbpearson2 3 years ago 2
It is most likely Natalie Talmadge, later wife of Buster Keaton. She would have been on the set, being Arbuckle's secretary and script girl, and it does look like Natalie from the side. Another possibility is Norma Talmadge is possibly doing a drive-through, but I doubt it.
The Rappe myth comes from an Italian website that existed a few years ago, but now gone. MissMerrivale effectively sinks this story for good. She knows more about Virginia Rappe than anyone alive today.
davidbpearson2 3 years ago 3
A) Visual ID; it isn't Virginia Rappe. B) His Wedding Night was made on the east coast at the same time Paradise Garden was filming on the west coast.
missmerrivale 4 years ago 2
The end of the story is you can't exactly say if it's Virginia Rappe or not. I think she is it.
A) Visual there isn't any clear view of the womens faces
B) To shot this scene it doesn't take longer than maybe half an hour. So were is the problem to film a little bit at the east coast
and than take a bus or train to the west coast.
7syn 4 years ago
If there isn't a clear view of the woman's face, then how do you know it's her?
But whatever. Good scholarship, fella.
missmerrivale 4 years ago
personally, idk either way, but if it were true virginia was filming on the opposite coast, it wouldn't make much sense it's her. not in those days, there were thousands of available starlets. virginia wasn't that sought after. just sayin
tomitstube 3 years ago
@7syn, you are being absurd. It isn't Virginia. Give it up.
davidbpearson2 1 year ago
This is not Virginia Rappe.
missmerrivale 4 years ago 2
Ok, and why not?
7syn 4 years ago
Wow, nice vid. Is this really from 1917? It's quite surprising to see women having bobbed hairdos by then.
Who would think that the two co-stars of the film would be entangled in a mess that would end tragically for both of them.
ManilaSyndicate 4 years ago
Thier hair isn't really bobbed, it's just put up in a loose bun.
Besides, Irene Castle boobed her hair before this.
cecikierk 4 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
i can only see the fat bloke who killed her 4 years later
charber3 5 years ago
Nobody killed her (unless a doctor did through malpractice). She died of peritonitis, and a grifter named Maude Delmont trumped up a false accusation in a blackmail attempt. The charges against Arbuckle were completely discredited.
"That Roscoe Arbuckle had anything to do with the death of Virginia Rappe is something that no reasonable person, when shown the facts of the matter, believes today." -film historian David B. Pearson-
SurferJoe1 5 years ago 3
interesting that so many years later, people still don't know that arbuckle never really did it.
MabelNormand 4 years ago 7
@MabelNormand Actually if u study closely the facts u will find it was a lie for money, he was used by Rappe and her friend. Her death was caused by a ruptured bladder due to the amount of abortions she had and why do u think her organ were destroyed? Coverup... think about it
Gilly1917 1 year ago