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No_Video6728 t1_j6ha9p1 wrote

Reply to comment by Mr_Rambone in Buster Keaton, Roscoe Arbuckle, and Al St. John, 1918. Once his deadpan persona became established, Keaton avoided smiling in front of a camera. by L0st_in_the_Stars

Yeah, I think he could only get film jobs playing a villainous brute and then faded out. I really should look it up.

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Mr_Rambone t1_j6hagil wrote

Here a quote from Louise Brooks about his directing

"He made no attempt to direct this picture. He just sat in his director's chair like a dead man. He had been very nice and sweetly dead ever since the scandal that ruined his career. But it was such an amazing thing for me to come in to make this broken-down picture, and to find my director was the great Roscoe Arbuckle. Oh, I thought he was magnificent in films. He was a wonderful dancer—a wonderful ballroom dancer, in his heyday. It was like floating in the arms of a huge doughnut—really delightful."

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manateeshmanatee t1_j6krkpx wrote

I’m sorry, but is that a real quote, or are you fucking with us? “…floating in the arms of a huge doughnut?” Nfw.

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Block_Me_Amadeus t1_j6i5c78 wrote

Instead of speculating wildly, look it up. ;) He could only direct, and under a pseudonym. After the false accusations (supported by the lies of a totally unreliable, likely bribed witness), his name was box office poison. He died from the stress.

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No_Video6728 t1_j6ivl49 wrote

Nah. there is always someone on Reddit willing to look up something to prove you wrong. I'll leave the 'research' up to you guys.

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Mr_Rambone t1_j6hadjd wrote

I searched it up a little bit. They said after everything happen. He was banned for around a year by the motion picture board. Eventually he would direct movies under his father name. Along with owning a restaurant

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