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The Forgotten Flapper

12 Wednesday Aug 2015

Posted by marina72 in Books, Fiction, Film, History

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Clara Bow, Florenz Ziegfeld, Jack Pickford, Laini Giles, Mary Pickford, Myron Selznick, Olive Thomas, Silent Movies, The Forgotten Flapper, Ziegfeld Follies

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Laini Giles was born in Austin, Texas and lives in Edmonton, Alberta with her husband and three cats. An early devotion to Nancy Drew, and her discovery of Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon, spurred a lifelong interest in mysteries and scandals. She blogs about history, books and movies at Sepia Stories.

In her debut novel, Love Lies Bleeding (2013), a detective investigates the death of his great-aunt, a high society debutante torn between two lovers. Published on August 1, 2015, The Forgotten Flapper is based on the true story of one of Hollywood’s first stars, Olive Thomas. Continue reading →

More Birthday Tributes: ‘Jeanne Eagels Was Robbed!’

28 Sunday Jun 2015

Posted by marina72 in Books, Film, History, Jeanne Eagels, Non-Fiction, Theatre

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Biopic, Jeanne Eagels, Jeanne Eagels (1957), Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, Journeys in Classic Film, Kim Novak, Laini Giles, Lars Nilsen, Rain, Sadie Thompson, Sepia Stories

1928SadieWhy did Jeanne Eagels – the original Sadie Thompson, and a Broadway legend – never bring Rain to the big screen? Author Laini Giles considers this lost opportunity, in a Classic Movie Blogathon post for Sepia Stories.

Meanwhile, Lars Nilsen has written a mini-biography of Jeanne for AFS Viewfinders, describing her as ‘an incandescent, proto-method actress.’ And over at Journeys in Classic Film, a perceptive review of Jeanne Eagels, the 1957 biopic starring Kim Novak, nails its many distortions.

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