the amazing thing to me is that Kenneth Anger only just died. like many people, I read "Hollywood Babylon" very eagerly in college and (needless to say) took it all as more or less gospel, except for the Fatty Arbuckle case, which I was convinced was a frame-up because I'd read more complete accounts of the case when I was in high school…
the amazing thing to me is that Kenneth Anger only just died. like many people, I read "Hollywood Babylon" very eagerly in college and (needless to say) took it all as more or less gospel, except for the Fatty Arbuckle case, which I was convinced was a frame-up because I'd read more complete accounts of the case when I was in high school (yes, I was weird in my reading tastes in HS, but anything involving movie history has ALWAYS fascinated me). over the years, I came to discover that LOTS of it was just recycled gossip. I will say that the first time I saw "Scorpio Rising," I thought it was kinda cool...it was on a date during my freshman year of college.
these past ten years or so, I've become convinced that LOTS of people were already dead and that I'd seen their obituaries. then, when they've actually died, I've been amazed. it's become a sick joke between my friends and myself (as in "I buried that guy five years ago!"). I was SURE that Kenneth Anger passed sometimes before the beginning of the current century. and I realized I'd seen your documentary a long time ago (obviously, well before things like Substack). it's excellent.
the Fatty Arbuckle case was pretty vile. and back then, a lot of newspaper folks had no scruples at all. I realize I just sounded like I was saying things are now entirely different, which would (of course) be ridiculous.
the amazing thing to me is that Kenneth Anger only just died. like many people, I read "Hollywood Babylon" very eagerly in college and (needless to say) took it all as more or less gospel, except for the Fatty Arbuckle case, which I was convinced was a frame-up because I'd read more complete accounts of the case when I was in high school (yes, I was weird in my reading tastes in HS, but anything involving movie history has ALWAYS fascinated me). over the years, I came to discover that LOTS of it was just recycled gossip. I will say that the first time I saw "Scorpio Rising," I thought it was kinda cool...it was on a date during my freshman year of college.
these past ten years or so, I've become convinced that LOTS of people were already dead and that I'd seen their obituaries. then, when they've actually died, I've been amazed. it's become a sick joke between my friends and myself (as in "I buried that guy five years ago!"). I was SURE that Kenneth Anger passed sometimes before the beginning of the current century. and I realized I'd seen your documentary a long time ago (obviously, well before things like Substack). it's excellent.
the Fatty Arbuckle case was pretty vile. and back then, a lot of newspaper folks had no scruples at all. I realize I just sounded like I was saying things are now entirely different, which would (of course) be ridiculous.