Movie Legends - Barbara La Marr
Loading...
Uploaded by basilnelson on Aug 31, 2009
Silent film actress most famous for being one of the first drug-related deaths in Hollywood at the age of 29 yrs.
Link to this comment:
Uploader Comments (basilnelson)
Top Comments
-
While she was alive she was known as "The girl who was too beautiful" but after she died the newspapers called her "The girl who was too beautiful to live". She died on my future birthday, 30 years to the day before I was born. She was perhaps the first female star to die due to a drug addiction - heroin. I visit her grave in Hollywood Forever Cemetery frequently.
2 years ago 7
All Comments (44)
-
She has a very "mature" look for someone in their 20's
-
The bed that she is reclining on at 2:43 appears to be the bed used as Norma Desmond's in "Sunset Boulevard". This must have been intentional on someone's part, perhaps even Billy Wilder arranged for its use.
-
To beautiful Barbara La Marr I've always had a fondness for her and recently discovered we shared the same Birthday July 28th. Jackie O was also born on this date. Two great ladies! RIP Barbara! Beautiful video thanks for sharing.
-
Hedy did not take this name, it was given to her supposedly because her beauty reminded someone of
Barbara's. Hedy was indeed ridiculously beautiful, but this Barbara person was only moderately attractive, at best. Many of the so-called "beauties" of that time were not really pretty at all!!!
-
'The girl who was just too beautiful', they called her. Thanks
-
What film is the photo at 3:56 from? I love the headgear!
-
I love her....i've been told my eyes look like hers.....
- 6:42Deaths of the Movie Legendsby xoxclaudia101xox62,584 views
- 9:26Dead Celebrities 2010-The Complete Yearby Coffeesmoke11,035 views
- 2:00mickeyby dawncrystal2,446 views
- 6:31Movie Legends - Carole Lombard (Finale)by basilnelson3,194 views
- 5:32Movie Legends - Frances Deeby basilnelson2,179 views
- 4:05Hedy Lamarr--What's My Lineby crepehanger4758,453 views
- 6:24Movie Legends - Carole Lombard (Icon)by basilnelson1,056 views
- 4:36Movie Legends - Theda Baraby basilnelson114,076 views
- 7:08Movie Legends - Vivien Leigh (Reprise)by basilnelson3,711 views
- 6:16Movie Legends - Evelyn Brentby basilnelson1,040 views
- 0:48Souls for Saleby ironhills641 views
- 5:34Movie Legends - Billie Burkeby basilnelson2,258 views
- 3:37Anita Page "Last Star of the Silents"by staclynn72972 views
- 6:23Movie Legends - Jean Harlow (Outdoors)by basilnelson1,311 views
- 3:37LA NOCHE SALVATORE ADAMOby camaleon005914,340 views
- 10:36rrngtwnts_endby skinnyposter67 views
- 5:35Movie Legends - Constance Talmadgeby basilnelson1,687 views
- 6:00Movie Legends - Jean Harlowby basilnelson73,002 views
- 3:28"EASY MELODY" - Isham Jones Orchestra, 1923. (...by abendstunde491,152 views
- 5:18Movie Legends - Angela Lansburyby basilnelson1,762 views
Her good looks are only apparent in a few shots, the overdone make-up and hairdos of the era make her look ridiculous in the others. Also, the actress at 4:34 is actually Gloria Swanson, not Barbara
wilburbonzo 2 months ago
@wilburbonzo You are of course correct. Obviously mis-labelled at source. I have many Gloria Swanson tributes and I am sure this image appears in one of them.
basilnelson 2 months ago
Wow. Thanks for posting this video. Like Oreon207 said, it's so nice to see she hasn't been forgotten. I thought I was the only one who even KNEW about her let alone remember her (I read about her in a book in the 1970s during my teen years) and have always wondered if any of her films will ever surface. What an interesting and tragic life. But she is remembered and will live on.....
flmlvr 2 years ago 3
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the video. When I read that Hedy Lamarr took her name I was intrigued and did some research, hence the video tribute.
basilnelson 2 years ago