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ROBERTY (DATES UNKNOWN) FATTY PÊCHE / [CONEY ISLAND.] Circa 1917. 62 3/4x47 inches, 159 1/2x119 1/2 cm. Jombart Fres, Asnières. Condition B / B+: tears, creases and darkening in margins and along vertical and horizontal folds. Paper. Lots 495-499 represent a run of posters featuring one of the most famous, early American silent movie comic actors. Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, who began working in films in 1909, was famous for dozens of shorts and full-length features. He starred alongside Charlie Chaplin, and is said to have discovered Harold Lloyd and Bob Hope. In spite of his fame, Arbuckle became infamous for his alleged murder of actress Virginia Rappe. Though the widely-publicized trial came to a close with an acquittal in 1922, the scandal eclipsed Fatty's successful career, eventually leading him to change his name and work behind-the-scenes jobs until he died in 1933. Little is known of the artist Roberty (sometimes misidentified as the painter André Félix Roberty), aside from a handful of distinctive and colorful movie posters, which include a number for French productions of Charlie Chaplin films.
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