... Arbucklewas accused of rape and manslaughter. The scandal rocked Hollywood and destroyed Arbuckle’s career, despite the factthat (after three trials) Arbuckle was acquitted of all charges. The audience ... 25years in such plays as The Affairs of Anatol, Peter Ibbetson, The Jest, and Richard III. He was considered one of the greatHamlets, and he even played the melancholy Dane in Eng-land, one of ... full-time on a theatri-cal career. He started in movies as an extra, but thanks to a family association with film star Alla Nazimova, Barthelmesswas given an important part in War Brides (1916), the...