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THIS IS A FABULOUS VINTAGE PHOTOPLAY BOOK QUINCY ADAMS SAWYER..CHARLES FELTON PIDGIN.. NO DUST JACKET...DIRECTED BY CLARENCE BADGER AND STARRING BLANCHE SWEET LON CHANEY AND BARBARA LA MARR.OTHERWISE IN GOOD SHAPE..NOT TOO MANY BUMPS......I RECENTLY MARRIED AND MY HUSBAND WANTS TO SEE OUR FLOOR..THUS I AM POSTING THE COLLECTION I BOUGHT OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS..THESE ARE ORIGINAL NOT COPIED PHOTOS..I DON'T DO THAT..I HAVE SPENT MANY YEARS COLLECTING THESE SO I WANT THEM TO BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD HANDS ESPECIALLY MY FAVORITE COLLECTION OF BARBARA LA MARR..HERE IS MORE ON HER (CREDIT IMDB)...Reatha Watson (Barbara La Marr) is most famous as one of the first drug-related deaths in Hollywood, but she is notable for many other reasons. Born in Yakima, Washington, her parents moved to the Imperial Valley in California, where Reatha began her explorations of Los Angeles as a teenager. After several disastrous marriages she worked as a burlesque dancer until she married vaudeville actor Ben deeley. They moved to New York, where Reatha (under the name Folly Lytell) wrote six scenarios for Fox. She made the successful leap from writer to actress in Douglas Fairbanks' The Nut (1921), and her career skyrocketed under her new name of Barbara La Marr (she adopted the alias because of a scandal when she was arrested in the late Teens, and called by the judge "too beautiful to be alone in a big city"). Barbara Marr lived extravagantly. After an affair with John Gilbert, her career went into a decline and her contract with Metro was terminated. She went to New York, where drugs and alcohol brought on tuberculosis, from which she died in January of 1926. The official studio press release blamed her death on "vigorous dieting". Her adopted son, Marvin, was adopted by La Marr's best friend, Zasu Pitts.
Barbara La Marr was born in Yakima, Washington, on July 28, 1896, as Reatha Watson. Her childhood was mostly uneventful, mainly because Yakima--today a medium-sized city with a population of over 50, 000-wasn't exactly a beehive of activity. Her parents eventually moved to the Los Angeles area, where she began to explore the show business lifestyle in whatever form she could. Barbara loved the L.A. way of living and was forced to grow up fast. She was still Reatha at the time, but her arrest for dancing in burlesque while still a teen caused her to change her name to Barbara La Marr to avoid being associated with her past. Her passion was dancing and writing, but the powers-that-be in the movie industry thought she was meant for other things--her dazzling beauty captured the imagination of all who came across her path. Moving to New York, she was ultimately lured into the film world, her first picture being Harriet and the Piper (1920). She was still going by her married name of Barbara Deely (already working to shed her fourth husband) and was being dubbed "The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful." The next year she appeared in The Three Musketeers (1921) and Desperate Trails (1921). While the pictures were mediocre at best, it was her role as Claudine Dupree in The Nut (1921) that sent Barbara into superstardom. Hordes of fans flocked to theaters to see this beautiful actress in movies such as Arabian Love (1922), Trifling Women (1922), Domestic Relations (1922) and The Prisoner of Zenda (1922) whose beauty kept them enthralled. In 1923, she kept up her frenzied filming pace with such pictures as Poor Men's Wives (1923), The Brass Bottle (1923) and Souls for Sale (1923). The public adored her, as evidenced by the volumes of fan mail she received, but Barbara was more interested in the late-night partying she was involved with. The combination of alcohol and drugs was, clearly, beginning to wear her down. She made four films in 1924 and three in 1925. Her last picture was The Girl from Montmartre (1926). On February 2, 1926, Barbara died of tuberculosis in Altadena, California. Her demise was, no doubt, brought about by her constant late-night partying. She had lived a lifetime and had made 30 films, but was only 29 when she died
Spouse
Jack Dougherty (1923 - 30 January 1926) (her death)
Ben Deeley (1918 - 1921) (divorced)
Phil Ainsworth (13 October 1916 - 1918) (divorced)
Lawrence Converse (2 June 1914 - 1914) (annulled a few days later)
Jack Lytell (1913 - 1914) (his death)
Never had more then two hours of sleep a day, because she felt that life was to short to waste it by sleeping.
Reatha Watson (Barbara La Marr) was one of the first Californians to become rich in the motion picture industry; she was also probably the first to become an actress after being a scenario writer first. Louis Mayer chose Hedy Lamarr's name in honor of Barbara La Marr.
Louis Mayer chose Hedy Lamarr's name in honor of Barbara La Marr.
Stage actress and cabaret artist.
The morning after La Marr's marriage to Converse, he was charged with bigamy. He banged his head against his cell bars, calling for La Marr, until he was knocked unconscious.
Ainsworth, husband #3, wound up in San Quentin for passing bad checks.
Barbara developed an addiction to pain killers after being prescribed morphine for a sprained ankle while on the set of her movie "Souls for Sale." Supposedly it was studio ordered so that she could continue filming.
In 1923, Barbara secretly had a child from one of her numerous affairs. She "adopted" the child to save face and named him Marvin Carville La Marr. After Barbara's death in 1926, little Marvin was adopted by good friend, ZaSu Pitts, and her husband, Tom Gallery. He was renamed Don Gallery.
Arrested at age 14 for underage burlesque dancing.
Barbara was adopted by a foster family when she was a month-old baby. No birth certificate was ever found.
Although her foster family maintained she was born in North Yakima, Washington, she always listed Richmond, Virginia as her place of birth on all official documents, including marriage certificates.
Personal quotes
"Men--bah! I am sick of men."
"I like my men like I like my roses...by the dozen"
Barbara La Marr Deely / Barbara LaMarr Deely / Barbara Lamarr Deely / Barbara Le Marr Deely / Barbara LeMarr Deely / Barbara Deely / Folly Lytell / Polly Lytell
Actress - filmography
The Girl from Montmartre (1926) .... Emilia
The White Monkey (1925) .... Fleur Forsyte
The Heart of a Siren (1925) .... Isabella Echevaria
... aka The Heart of a Temptress
Sandra (1924) .... Sandra Waring
Hello, 'Frisco (1924)
The White Moth (1924) .... The White Moth
The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1924) .... Lady Known as Lou
Thy Name Is Woman (1924) .... Guerita
The Eternal City (1923) .... Donna Roma
The Eternal Struggle (1923) .... Camille Lenoir
... aka Masters of Women (USA)
St. Elmo (1923/I) .... Agnes Hunt
Strangers of the Night (1923) .... Anna Valeska
Souls for Sale (1923) .... Leva Lemaire
Poor Men's Wives (1923) .... Laura Bedford/Laura Maberne
The Brass Bottle (1923) .... The Queen
The Hero (1923) .... Hester Lane
Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922) .... Lindy Putnam
Trifling Women (1922) .... Jacqueline de Séverac/Zareda
The Prisoner of Zenda (1922) .... Antoinette de Mauban
Domestic Relations (1922) .... Mrs. Martin
Arabian Love (1922) .... Themar
Cinderella of the Hills (1921) (as Barbara La Marr Deely) .... Kate Gradley
The Three Musketeers (1921) .... Milady de Winter
Desperate Trails (1921) .... Lady Lou
The Nut (1921) .... Claudine Dupree
Flame of Youth (1920)
... aka The Flame of Youth (USA: review title)
Harriet and the Piper (1920) (as Barbara Deely) .... Tam O'Shanter Girl
Filmography as: Actress, Writer, Herself, Archive Footage
Writer - filmography
My Husband's Wives (1924) (story)
The Land of Jazz (1920) (as Barbara La Marr Deely) (story)
Flame of Youth (1920) (story)
... aka The Flame of Youth (USA: review title)
The Little Grey Mouse (1920) (story)
Rose of Nome (1920) (story) (as Barbara La Marr Deely)
The Mother of His Children (1920) (as Barbara La Marr Deely) (story)
Filmography as: Actress, Writer, Herself, Archive Footage
Herself - filmography
Mary of the Movies (1923) (uncredited) .... Herself
Filmography as: Actress, Writer, Herself, Archive Footage
Archive Footage
"Hollywood" (1980) (mini)
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