“I must have been good at being bad. My fall from stardom was destined. I know now that a woman can’t go on playing villainous roles and be successful for long though it is different for men. But if a woman is bad, she is stamped.” – Betty Blythe (1893-1972)
“It is wonderful that women do the many things they do today, keep up with difficult professions and yet keep themselves astonishingly beautiful all the while.” — Betty Blythe
Source: Mae Beddison Benson for the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram (1922)
Photo: 1919
Vamp Collection: “The Queen of Sheba” (1921) Betty Blythe Framed photo paper poster
“In my talks to the public, I try to destroy this impression that is rampant about us all being bad. Why I can’t imagine why the world should think we are all alike. The people in any community are of all kinds….We strive just as other people do.” — Betty Blythe
Source: Mae Beddison Benson for the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram (1922)
She (1925). With Carlyle Blackwell.
