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Category: Forgotten Stars

Forgotten Stars

Sue Carol – photos and quotes

Posted on February 22, 2016September 22, 2018

“There’s no reason for my getting where I have, not that I am famous or anything. It just happened. Sometimes I’m as surprised as anyone else.” — Sue Carol     “I was just in Hollywood on a visit when they asked me to take a test. I thought they were kidding me. I remember […]

Forgotten Stars

Doris Hill – leggy Hollywood player – 1929

Posted on February 20, 2016May 20, 2018
Doris Hill

“I pose for leg pictures because people want them. They will stop and look at a girl with pretty legs. That’s why I go in for it – I want people to stop and look at my pictures.” — Doris Hill in 1929.   With Jean Arthur in 1929.

Celebrity Portraits

Marilyn Miller – photos and quotes

Posted on February 18, 2016May 18, 2019
Marilyn Miller 1929

“I will not show my legs when it is perfectly obvious that the only reason I am doing so is to attract attention. If I am being photographed in a ballet or dancing costume, that is different. People expect to see your legs then and it would be very funny if you attempted to cover […]

Celebrity Portraits

Adrienne Ames – Photos and Quotes

Posted on February 13, 2016August 31, 2020
Adrienne Ames art deco

“I wish I weren’t ambitious. I’m never satisfied. I don’t think I shall ever be really happy because I’m never pleased with what I have done – I can always see something ahead that I must try to do. I never measure up to my own standard.” — Adrienne Ames Source: Alice L. Tildesley (1933) […]

Forgotten Stars

Marie Prevost – Photos and Quotes

Posted on February 12, 2016January 17, 2021
Marie Prevost (Bizarre Los Angeles)

“Like the rest of the original Mack Sennett bathing girls, I had started a motion picture career at three dollars a day, six days a week guarantee. Out of that we trolleyed to and from the studio, bought our lunches and made our clothes (don’t laugh) and those were happy days! We were really school […]

Celebrity Portraits

Mary Nolan – Imogene Wilson – photos & quotes

Posted on February 11, 2016November 7, 2019
Mary Nolan Imogene Wilson

“My past is as dead as my old name [Imogene Wilson]. I am making a fresh start, and I’m going to stage such a comeback as ‘Mary Nolan’ that nobody will remember anything but that.” – Mary Nolan in 1927. Mary Nolan, aka Imogene “Bubbles” Wilson, (1902-1948) was one of Hollywood’s most troubled film players […]

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