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| Akron Beacon-Journal, 11-August-1923 |
Roscoe Arbuckle was blacklisted by the film industry even though he was acquitted of a charge of manslaughter. 100 years ago this month, he appeared in Akron Ohio and Lansing Michigan. He met some controversy in Lansing.
In Akron's Miles' Royal Theater, Roscoe Arbuckle joined the theater company of pioneer comedy team Weber and Fields.
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| Akron Beacon-Journal, 11-August-1923 |
This article says that Roscoe had a featured role and implies that he may have taken the part of Joe Fields opposite Nat Fields, the son of Lew.
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| Lansing State Journal, 16-August-1923 |
Roscoe moved on to Lansing, Michigan, where "He Appears in Real Life 3 Times Daily Upon the Stage at the Strand/In a Special Presentation."
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| Lansing State Journal, 16-August-1923 |
This item says that Roscoe Arbuckle had been greeted warmly in Chicago.
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| Lansing State Journal, 16-August-1923 |
This article for Roscoe's appearance at the Strand has an interesting set of letters exchanged between Roscoe and WS Butterfield, a theater owner. Arbuckle asked Butterfield to support him in his efforts to get back into the movie business. Butterfield invited him to perform at the Strand and said he thought Lansing moviegoers would accept Roscoe.
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| Film Daily, 31-August-1923 |
This article says that Roscoe was playing the Regent and inspiring protests. "Many protests were made by ministers and church people."
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| Lansing State Journal, 17-August-1923 |
Members of the Rotary Club said they were compelled to fight against "allowing the minds and moral sensibilities of children to become deformed."
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| Lansing State Journal, 17-August-1923 |
United clubwomen of Lansing were opposed to allowing Roscoe to appear. They protested "the reappearance of this man before the public, believing it to be an affront to all decent standards of living and thinking."
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| Film Daily, 13-August-1923 Film Daily, 15-August-1923 |
Roscoe made a cameo appearance in Hollywood, a comedy about the film industry. This anonymous reader did not approve.
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