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Today's Larry Harnisch blog has another tidbit of interest to mafiosi:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedail ... l#comments

Joan

Oh dear, I read this header and immediately thought "Thomas Hardy sued Hal Roach?" What a weird mental image.

Joan

Interesting little ad from the LA Times just appeared in Larry Harnisch's blog. "June 10, 1930: Roscoe Arbuckle is no longer connected in any way with the famous Eads Castle Cafe." I wonder if Rhode Island Red fried chicken tastes substantially different from Plymouth Rock fried chicken? h...

I don't think so. http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1912-Brother-of-Fatty-Arbuckle-Portrait-Photo_W0QQitemZ400054767055QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item5d251f4dcf&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1205|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50 SFXArchive is a reputabl...

"Little Puddleton" is a very British sort of place name, would suggest this was retitled for the UK Market. It's a poem by Robert Service about an archetypal Miss Marple-ish English village (http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/little-puddleton/), but don't know if that would have meant very mu...

Steve Massa wrote:Oops - for the name I've seen connected I meant to write Gilbert Wells, not Gilbert Williams.

Steve

How was George Meehan involved with the Hall Room Boys?

Joan
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Well, how did his Son feel about his Father's innocence or guilt? Meins' son was 22 at the time. Without making any claims to knowing about Meins' guilt or innocence, I can say that it's unlikely Meins' family would have known about it. Sexual deviants are usually quite adept at concealing their be...

Maybe there were TV commericals for the shoes with a parrott that squawked "Poll Parrott." Steve There were, although I don't recall a parrot squawking, I recall someone singing a jingle. I hate to say this because it really dates me, but I remember the commercials from my wee vamplet day...

Until there is some cooberation in Motion Picture New or Moving Picture News or some other source, we have to assume that if Arbuckle did express some early interest, he never followed up on it. Who knows? Maybe the Comique contract had a clause giving Paramount the right of first refusal if Arbuck...

I just stumbled upon this historical nugget, which may be old news to the Arbucklistas around here: "...while the producers were wrangling, the big stars, headed by Griffith, Chaplin, Fairbanks, Hart, Pickford and Arbuckle, effected a temporary organization to combat the producers. Each star p...