Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index See also: 1920 in film, other events of 1921, 1922 in film, list of 'years in film'. Table of contents 1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Other Movies Released Events September 5 - At a San Francisco hotel party to celebrate his new $3,000,000 three-year contract with Paramount, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle mortally injures 25-year-old Virginia Rappe during a sexual encounter. Rappe sinks into a coma. A cover-up for Arbuckle is attempted, but the Deputy Coroner manages to get a police investigation started. Rumours fly that Arbuckle raped Rappe with a bottle. December 4 - The Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against actor and film director Roscoe Arbuckle ends in a hung jury. Top Grossing Films of the Year The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse The Kid, starring Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan Every Woman's Problem Births February 11 - Eva Gabor, Hungarian actress. May 2 - Satyajit Ray, Indian filmmaker. October 13 - Yves Montand, French singer and actor December 26 - Steve Allen, actor, composer, comedian, author Deaths Other Movies Released This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.