{"product_id":"barbara-la-marr-the-girl-who-was-too-beautiful-for-hollywood-hardcover","title":"Barbara La Marr: The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful for Hollywood - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSherri Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara La Marr's (1896-1926) publicist once confessed: \"There was no reason to lie about Barbara La Marr. Everything she said, everything she did was colored with news-value.\" When La Marr was sixteen, her older half-sister and a male companion reportedly kidnapped her, causing a sensation in the media. One year later, her behavior in Los Angeles nightclubs caused law enforcement to declare her \"too beautiful\" to be on her own in the city, and she was ordered to leave. When La Marr returned to Hollywood years later, her loveliness and raw talent caught the attention of producers and catapulted her to movie stardom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first full-length biography of the woman known as the \"girl who was too beautiful,\" Sherri Snyder presents a complete portrait of one of the silent era's most infamous screen sirens. In five short years, La Marr appeared in twenty-six films, including \u003ci\u003eThe Prisoner of Zenda\u003c\/i\u003e (1922), \u003ci\u003e Trifling Women\u003c\/i\u003e (1922), \u003ci\u003eThe Eternal City\u003c\/i\u003e (1923), \u003ci\u003eThe Shooting of Dan McGrew \u003c\/i\u003e(1924), and \u003ci\u003eThy Name Is Woman\u003c\/i\u003e (1924). Yet by 1925-finding herself beset by numerous scandals, several failed marriages, a hidden pregnancy, and personal prejudice based on her onscreen persona-she fell out of public favor. When she was diagnosed with a fatal lung condition, she continued to work, undeterred, until she collapsed on set. She died at the age of twenty-nine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew stars have burned as brightly and as briefly as Barbara La Marr, and her extraordinary life story is one of tempestuous passions as well as perseverance in the face of adversity. Drawing on never-before-released diary entries, correspondence, and creative works, Snyder's biography offers a valuable perspective on her contributions to silent-era Hollywood and the cinematic arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eActress and writer\u003cb\u003e Sherri Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e regularly portrays Barbara La Marr in a one-woman performance piece she wrote for the Pasadena Playhouse\/Pasadena Museum of History production, \u003ci\u003eChanneling Hollywood, \u003c\/i\u003e and she maintains the tribute website, www.barbaralamarr.net.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.4 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468605341949,"sku":"9780813174259","price":75.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/aTVSNFBMV3BEY2F3TTAzUjBPT2RFZz09.webp?v=1777290564","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/barbara-la-marr-the-girl-who-was-too-beautiful-for-hollywood-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}