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INTRODUCTION

 

HER STORY

 

QUOTES

 

TRIVIA

 

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CURIOS

 

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LINKS

 

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Ciro's, Earl Carroll's, the Mocambo, Slapsy Maxie's, the Trocadero, the Cocoanut Grove. For the average filmgoer, the names of these famous Hollywood night spots were enough to evoke an atmosphere of glamour and sophistication.


 
Scandal


The Hollywood Book of Scandals : The Shocking, Often Disgraceful Deeds and Affairs of Over 100 American Movie and TV Idols by James Robert Parish

Dishing Hollywood: The Real Scoop on Tinseltown's Most Notorious Scandals by Laurie Jacobson

Hollywood Babylon: The Legendary Underground Classic of Hollywood's Darkest and Best Kept Secrets by Kenneth Anger

Hollywood Haunted: A Ghostly Tour of Filmland by Laurie Jacobson

The Hollywood Book of Extravagance by James Robert Parish

Celebrity Secrets: Official Government Files on the Rich and Famous by Nick Redfern
 

 

The subject of who were the best party-givers in Hollywood was much discussed in the fan magazines. In an August 1939 Photoplay story, Elsa Maxwell-- who certainly qualified as an expert-- rated her movieland correspondents. High on her list were the Bennett sisters, Constance and Joan, Kay Francis, the Gary Coopers, Mrs. Samuel Goldwyn, Myrna Loy and Arthur Hornblow ("best chicken sandwiches and cake at their Sunday afternoons"), the Rathbones, Louella Parsons ("greatest barbecue thrower"), Chaplin ("educational evenings" with Albert Einstein and Thomas Mann), Douglas Fairbanks (the "Continental touch"), the Darryl Zanucks ("most elaborate dinners west of the Hudson"), and the Jack Warners ("spectacular").


 
Books


Hollywood Ghosts and Gravesites

The Hollywood Book of Death : The Bizarre, Often Sordid, Passings of More than 125 American Movie and TV Idols by James Robert Parish

Death Certificates of the Rich and Famous by Gerard H. Reinert

Rock 'n' Roll Heaven by Nikki Corvette

Final Curtain: Deaths of Noted Movie and Television Personalities by Everett Grant Jarvis, Lois A. Johe

Going Out in Style: The Architecture of Eternity by Douglas Keister, Xavier Cronin

What a Way to Go : Fabulous Funerals of the Famous and Infamous by Chronicle Books LLC Staff, Adele Q.
 

 


Norma's beauty and charisma cast a spell upon whomever was fortunate enough to be graced with her presence. Modest and gracious as she was, her nevertheless vibrant glow was reflected and multiplied a thousandfold thanks to her multi-faceted inner glow. Witness...

 

Agnes De Mille Agnes De Mille Agnes De Mille George Cukor
       
George Cukor George Cukor, cast and crew of Romeo and Juliet George Cukor, cast of The Women Gilbert Adrian
       
Gilbert Adrian Gilbert Adrian Gilbert Adrian Gilbert Adrian
       
Gilbert Adrian Gilbert Adrian Gilbert Adrian Gilbert Adrian
       
Norma Shearer, Douglas Shearer Douglas Shearer Douglas Shearer Douglas Shearer
       
Douglas Shearer Conrad Nagel Conrad Nagel Conrad Nagel
       
Marie Dressler George Arliss, Marie Dressler, Lionel Barrymore George Arliss, Marie Dressler, Lionel Barrymore Marie Dressler
       
Lionel Barrymore, Marie Dressler Lionel Barrymore Leslie Howard, Gary Cooper, Lionel Barrymore Eddie Mannix, Clark Gable
       
Mickey Rooney, Robert Montgomery, Clark Gable, Louis B. Mayer, William Powell, Robert Taylor, Rosalind Russell, Lionel Barrymore Rooney, Montgomery, Gable, Mayer, Powell, Taylor, Russell, Barrymore Clark Gable Clark Gable and Ria Langham
       
Clark Gable Herbert Marshall Clark Gable Herbert Marshall Clark Gable Clarence Brown, Leslie Howard, Clark Gable
       
Helen Hayes, Clark Gable Irving Thalberg, Mr and Mrs Clark Gable, Mr and Mrs Robert Montgomery Luise Rainer, Clark Gable and Jean Harlow Clark Gable, Clarence Brown
       
Clark Gable, Hunt Stromberg Gary Cooper Gary Cooper Gary Cooper
       
George Raft Mr and Mrs Cooper Mr and Mrs Gary Cooper, Myrna Loy George Raft and Gary Cooper Mignon Weidemann,  Mrs Ned McLean, Van Johnson, Mrs Gary Cooper
       
Tyrone Power Tyrone Power Tyrone Power Louis B. Mayer, Helen Hayes, Tyrone Power
       
Helen Hayes W.S. Van Dyke Hunt Stromberg, W.S. Van Dyke William Randolph Hearst
       
Marion Davies Ernst Lubitsch, Marion Davies, Ramon Novarro, Philippe DeLacy Ramon Novarro, Ernst Lubitsch, other crew members of The Student Prince Ramon Novarro, Ernst Lubitsch, other crew members of The Student Prince
       
Ramon Novarro, Jean Hersholt Robert Z. Leonard Robert Z. Leonard Johnny Mack Brown, Robert Z. Leonard
       
Sam Wood and Johnny Mack Brown Sam Wood and other crew member of The Latest from Paris Irving Thalberg, Jean Harlow Irving Thalberg, Jean Harlow, Jean Harlow Carpenter, Marino Bello, Paul Bern
       
Mary Pickford Mary Pickford and Lady Sylvia Ashley Robert Evans Robert Evans
       
naturalization official Don Wilson unknown announcer Irving Thalberg, Jr.
       
Irving Thalberg, Jr. Brian Aherne James Kirkwood, Reginald Barker George Fitzmaurice
       
Lord Marley, Ralph Forbes, Edmund Goulding, Herbert Marshall Clifton Web, Reginald Denny and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr Mrs. Jorge Guinle, Robert Cummings, Martin Arrouge and Mary Cummings
       
Thomas Mitchell, Charles Boyer, Edward G. Robinson Franklin Ardell, Paulette Goddard, Charlie Chaplin Athole Shearer, Binnie Barnes, ski instructors Louis B. Mayer and Lord Astor
       
Victor Fleming and Mervyn LeRoy production team of He Who Gets Slapped Mae Busch, Reginald Barker Professor W. D. MacDonald and the dean of the University of Southern California
       
Professor W. D. MacDonald and the dean of the University of Southern California Basil Rathbone, Sidney Franklin, and crew member of The Last of Mrs. Cheyney Owen Moore, Sidney Franklin Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone and other cast members of The Divorcee
       
Robert Montgomery June Allyson Hobart Henley studio nurse Irma Petersen, injured set electrician
       
cast and crew of "We Were Dancing" MGM Manicurist Lola Beardsley Louella Parsons Sydney Guilaroff
       
Kalloch Darryl Zanuck George Murphy Leslie Howard
       
Van Johnson William Wyler, Howard Hawks Sid Grauman Edith Shearer
       
Lily Pons Billy Burke (with Judy Garland in background) Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins Dolores Del Rio
       
Robert Montgomery Robert Montgomery Louis B. Mayer Moss Hart
       
Marjorie Moss-Goulding and Lady Stanley Irving Thalberg, Jr. Edith Shearer Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon, Dolores Del rio, Countess di Frasso
       
Louis B. Mayer Spencer Tracy Hedda Hopper Alfred C. Vanderbilt
       
Claudette Colbert, George Raft Edith Shearer, Athole Shearer Canadian Olympic Team Rosalind Russell, Burgess Meredith
       
James Stewart, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Merle Oberon Sir Adrian Baillie, Cedric Gibbons, Dolores Del Rio Leslie Howard wardrobe mistress
       
Jean Arthur Paul Bern, Louis B. Mayer, Aileen Pringle, H. L. Mencken, Irving Thalberg, Harry Rapf Irene Rich, John E. Abbott Princess De Rethy (fourth from left), wife of King Leopold III of Belgium
       
Lana Turner, Martin Arrouge Martin Arrouge, Lana Turner George Cukor Oliver Messel Louis Hayward
       
Mrs. Compton Bilicks, Dolores Del Rio Robert Taylor Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks Peggy Hamilton
       
postman Kay Francis, William Powell William Powell, Errol Flynn, Marion Davies, Kay Francis, Jack Warner Don Wilson, Jack Carson, Nelson Eddy
       
Robert Z. Leonard, crew members Strange Interlude Sam Wood Fredric March, Lee Garmes, Sidney Franklin Mickey Rooney
       
Van Johnson, Janet Leigh Janet Leigh, Van Johnson, Robert Taylor, Mervyn LeRoy, Lawrence Weingarten, Alla Nazimova Cast and Crew of The Women
       
Merle Oberon Merle Oberon Merle Oberon Merle Oberon
       
Merle Oberon Robert Z. Leonard Chris McArthur, James Stewart, Helen Hayes Gracie Allen
       
Cedric Gibbons Peggy Shannon Nancy Carroll Ralph Forbes Edna May Oliver Robert Evans
       
Louis B. Mayer Hobart Henley Lew Cody Bebe Daniels James Montgomery Flagg Miss Waterbury Merle Oberon
       
Melvyn Douglas Lee Bowman Melvyn Douglas Lee Bowman the dean of the University of Southern California Prince William of Sweden Sam Wood Ralph Forbes
       
Polly Moran Jackie Cooper Greer Garson Jack Holt Eva von Berne
       
Carl Laemmle Marion Davies, Merle Oberon Yves Montand Irving Thalberg, Marion Davies, Mr and Mrs Will Hays
       
Gene Raymond, Jeanette MacDonald and ??? Norma Shearer, Arthur Rubinstein, Patricia Knight, Cornel Wilde, Martin Arrouge ??? Norma Shearer, Lew Cody
       
Martin Arrouge and ??? Norma Shearer, Louis B. Mayer, Will Hays Brian Aherne, Chico Marx, Martha Raye Irving Thalberg Marion Davies
       
Louis B. Mayer Irving Thalberg, Leila Hyams, S. Charles Lee, Owen Lee, Raquel Torres,  Sidney Weisman Charles Laughton, Fredric March