Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, August 1922 · page 55 of 67
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This gossip column from *Captain Billy's Whiz Bang* contains two celebrity items: **Arbuckle item:** Reports that comedian Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle is financially ruined, selling luxury cars and deeding his home as collateral. The reference to "trials" likely alludes to his serious legal troubles (he faced manslaughter accusations in the early 1920s). The piece mocks his fallen status. **Fannie Ward item:** This satirizes cosmetic surgery and age-gap relationships. The column notes that actress Fannie Ward, in her fifties, underwent a "face lift" procedure and facial enameling that made her look younger than her much-younger husband Jack Dean (in his twenties). The satire mocks both the artificiality of such procedures and the social spectacle of an older woman appearing rejuvenated enough to seem younger than her youthful spouse. Both items exemplify the magazine's gossipy, sometimes cruel tone toward Hollywood celebrities.
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Captain Billy's Whiz Bang 53 Hollywood Hodge Podge IT IS reported that Arbuckle, the elephantine comedian, is broke. He has sold his Cadil-lac touring car to Buster Keaton and Cadil-lac speedster to Eddie Cline, Keaton's director. His Pierce Arrow, with all its “extras” worth $24,000 is also for sale. His beautiful home on West Adams street is said to be deeded to Joseph Schenck as security for money advanced Fatty to finance his trials. Arbuckle is now visiting friends in Beverly Hills and “waiting for something to turn up.” * * * WE HEAR that Fannie Ward and her hus-band, Jack Dean, are in Paris. When this noted actress was “doing” pictures in Hollywood several years ago, it is reported that she went through **one** of those surgical operations which “lift **one’s** wrinkles up into the hair” and give an **old** face the contour of youth. Her face was enameled, too, ’tis said and we’re here to affirm that when she went out with husband Jack, who is in his twenties, she looked younger than he! Fannie Ward, is well in her fifties, we are told, but even today, she looks younger and is more vivacious than