Barbara La Marr (eBook)

The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful for Hollywood

Sherri Snyder (Autor)

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2017
464 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-7426-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Barbara La Marr's (1896--1926) publicist once confessed: "e;There was no reason to lie about Barbara La Marr. Everything she said, everything she did was colored with news-value."e; When La Marr was sixteen, her older half-sister and a male companion reportedly kidnapped her, causing a sensation in the media. One year later, her behavior in Los Angeles nightclubs caused law enforcement to declare her "e;too beautiful"e; to be on her own in the city, and she was ordered to leave. When La Marr returned to Hollywood years later, her loveliness and raw talent caught the attention of producers and catapulted her to movie stardom.In the first full-length biography of the woman known as the "e;girl who was too beautiful,"e; Sherri Snyder presents a complete portrait of one of the silent era's most infamous screen sirens. In five short years, La Marr appeared in twenty-six films, including The Prisoner of Zenda (1922), Trifling Women (1922), The Eternal City (1923), The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1924), and Thy Name Is Woman (1924). Yet by 1925 -- finding herself beset by numerous scandals, several failed marriages, a hidden pregnancy, and personal prejudice based on her onscreen persona -- she fell out of public favor. When she was diagnosed with a fatal lung condition, she continued to work, undeterred, until she collapsed on set. She died at the age of twenty-nine.Few stars have burned as brightly and as briefly as Barbara La Marr, and her extraordinary life story is one of tempestuous passions as well as perseverance in the face of adversity. Drawing on never-before-released diary entries, correspondence, and creative works, Snyder's biography offers a valuable perspective on her contributions to silent-era Hollywood and the cinematic arts.

Autor

lt;P>Actress and writer Sherri Snyder regularly portrays Barbara La Marr in a one-woman performance piece she wrote for the Pasadena Playhouse/Pasadena Museum of History production, Channeling Hollywood, and she maintains the tribute website, www.barbaralamarr.net.

Inhalt

Prologue(Located in Part I, Dreamer)(Located in Part I, Dreamer)(Located in Part I, Dreamer)(Located in Part I, Dreamer)(Located in Part II, Notorious)(Located in Part II, Notorious)(Located in Part II, Notorious)(Located in Part II, Notorious)(Located in Part III, Terpsichore)(Located in Part III, Terpsichore)(Located in Part III, Terpsichore)(Located in Part III, Terpsichore)(Located in Part III, Terpsichore)(Located in Part IV, Screenwriter)(Located in Part IV, Screenwriter)(Located in Part IV, Screenwriter)(Located in Part V, Film Star)(Located in Part V, Film Star)(Located in Part V, Film Star)(Located in Part V, Film Star)(Located in Part V, Film Star)(Located in Part V, Film Star)(Located in Part V, Film Star)(Located in Part V, Film Star)(Located in Part V, Film Star)(Located in Part V, Film Star)(Located in Part VI, Outcast)(Located in Part VI, Outcast)(Located in Part VI, Outcast)(Located in Part VII, Butterfly)(Located in Part VII, Butterfly)(Located in Part VII, Butterfly)(Located in Part VII, Butterfly)Epilogue

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.12.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Screen Classics
• Reihe/Serie: Screen Classics
• Zusatzinfo: 76 b&w illustrations
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: 1920s • Actress • Barbara • Celebrity biography • celebrity scandal • Dance • entertainer biography • Film • movie star biography • old hollywood actresses • Reatha • Roaring Twenties • scandal • silent era of film • Silent Film • silent film actress • silent screen vamp • silent screen vamp/vamp • too beautiful • Writer
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-7426-0 / 0813174260
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-7426-6 / 9780813174266