{"product_id":"forty-quarts-of-liquor-dave-zuda-9781985236882","title":"Forty Quarts of Liquor: Fatty Arbuckle and the Death of Virginia Rappe: Hollywood's First Scandal","description":"Nearly a century before Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey shamed Hollywood spawning the #MeToo and Time's-Up movements, and half a decade before Hollywood Babylon's Clara Bow charmed and shocked the world, popular film star Roscoe \"Fatty\" Arbuckle - second at the box office only to Charlie Chaplin - stood trial for the murder of the young starlets Virginia Rappe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome medical experts, and the court of public opinion, concluded the girl died in a sexual assault after a weekend of consuming illegal alcohol, her bladder having ruptured under Fatty's 266 pounds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut after three trials and a defense that cost Arbuckle more than did O. J. Simpson's \"Dream Team,\" the comedian was freed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe public was never persuaded. \"Everywhere today,\" one period commentary said, \"Arbuckle's name, with its unsavory associations, is met with a sneer; everywhere indecent living is branded as 'Fatty Arbuckle stuff.'\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing contemporaneous accounts, \"Forty Quarts of Liquor,\" - a reference to the amount of prohibition-era illegal alcohol Arbuckle's party consumed - documents Hollywood's first scandal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dave Zuda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1985236885\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781985236882\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.30d","brand":"Dave Zuda","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43979047305471,"sku":"9781985236882","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e3b77cfb-cfb5-439c-9263-4d5b88e83250.jpg?v=1683243985","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/forty-quarts-of-liquor-dave-zuda-9781985236882","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}