VIDEO
0:02 [Applause]
I used to believe. Can you all hear me? that the truth would win. stayed quiet, and let the system work, would speak louder than the noise. I am here to tell you with the authority that very few others have that once accusations are made, They don't want the truth. And I was perfect for the part. I was a legendary star. I was eccentric. And I didn't play by their rules. The ran headlines that said I had committed People suddenly coming out of the woodwork to say that I was a monster, that I was drunk, that I laughed while it happened. It was grotesque, But it sold papers. It gave the audience a mistrial, the second a mistrial, the third it took the jury just a few minutes to return a unanimous acquitt. And then they issued a public apology. I thought that was going to be the end Am I still angry after all these years? Well, the bigger question might be, I mean, you believe in justice, don't During my trials, unbeknownst to me, t of the top studio bosses in Hollywood bonded together to hire a zar to show Wall Street and the public that they took their concerns of immoral behavior that were rumored to be taking place and that they would clean up Hollywood once one week to the day that I was cleared I was officially blacklisted to ever work again in the industry and the profession I had only ever known. but only after I finally won my case. after the system had done its job. That's when they threw me away. Not because I was guilty, but because I was inconvenient. truth doesn't redeem you. It embarrasses the people who are wrong about you. And so, they bury you even deeper. that story that I just shared with all Oh, did you think I was talking about Oh, no, no, no. I have been sharing with you the story of Rosco Fatty Arbuckle, one of the most beloved bankable stars of the silent era. In fact, in 1918, he signed the biggest contract in Hollywood to that point. Paramount Pictures paid him $3 million, which made him the highest paid actor at the time in Hollywood. And then just a few years later, he was accused of a I I want to read to you what the jury wrote in their letter of apology in their own words after they exonerated him. This is directly from a New York Times article entitled Arbuckle acquitted in one minute verdict. One minute dated April 13th, 1922. This is a quote now. A quiddle is not enough for Rosco Arbuckle. We feel that a great injustice has been done him. We feel also that it was only our plain duty to give him this exoneration under the evidence for which there was not the slightest proof aduced to connect him in any way with the commission of a crime. He was manly throughout the case. They literally that's how they wrote this. He was manly throughout the case and told a straightforward story on the witness stand which we all believed. The happenings at the hotel was an unfortunate affair for which Arbuckle, so the evidence showed, was in no way responsible. We wish him success and hope that the American people will take the judgment of 14 men and women who have sat listening for 31 days to the evidence that Rosco Arbuckle is entirely innocent and free from all blame. what exactly have we learned?
No comments:
Post a Comment