Roscoe "Fatty"Arbuckle. The rise and fall of a Hollywood star

Thu 24 July 2025 - Fri 25 July 2025

Throughout history some events or individuals have been misrepresented by the winner writing the story, the press, people's misconception, or being completely missed and ignored. This has often led to an undeserved reputation or omission from history. The Malcompris series attempts to examine the truth and retell events as they really happened with the aid of film clips and a live DJ playing retro vinyl records. Hopefully, Malcompris will encourage you to have an open mind and look at events from a different angle. This may surprise or even upset people, but some stories deserve to be told. Last year we performed Frankenstein "The true story". Our second narrative is about Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle a hugely successful black and white silent movie star popular at the beginning of the Hollywood phenomenon at the start of the 20th century. He was implicated in a scandal that rocked and nearly destroyed the film industry at the time and as a consequence was the reason for his downfall and fall from grace.