Virginia Rappe died at a party at San Francisco's St. Francis Hotel. Rappe arrived at the same hotel where Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle had gone to celebrate the signing of a 3-year contract with Paramount Pictures for an unheard of $1 million per year. Arbuckle was accused of murdering her.
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