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...have your picture in the Police Gazette." They meet for the first time in 20 years. It develops that Cecelia ("Sissy") Ramsey (Theresa Maxwell Conover) aspires to a place in Patchogue, L. I., society; that Regina ("Queenie") Chetworth-Lynde (Helen Raymond) has become a Shakespearean; that Rose ("Rosie") La Marr (Grace Huff) is still in burlesque, but as a producer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: May 5, 1930 | 5/5/1930 | See Source »

University of Wisconsin Walter C. Murray, college president (Saskatchewan, Canada) LL.D. Zona Gale Breese, author (Miss Lulu Belt) D.Litt. Carl von Marr, artist D.Litt. Ole Edvart Rolvaag, author (Giants in the Earth) D.Litt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: More Kudos | 6/24/1929 | See Source »

...Girl from Montmartre. Barbara La Marr's last picture is being shown almost before the mourners are back from her funeral (TIME, Feb. 25, MILESTONES). Besides being an example of the wretched taste of the movies in general, the picture, about the usual Paris dancer, is uninteresting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Pictures: Mar. 8, 1926 | 3/8/1926 | See Source »

Died. Barbara La Marr (Reatha Watson), 29, famed cinema actress, daughter of William W. Watson, Portland, Oregon, newspaperman; at Altadena, Calif., of a lingering illness. "More than 120,000 persons" passed her bier as she lay in state at Los Angeles. A crowd of 10,000 broke up the funeral when it was finally held, milled about furiously while two cordons of police vainly attempted to keep them back, burst through the police guard, knocked Bert Lytell, one of the cinema-star pallbearers, against a wheel of the hearse, sent the other pallbearers fleeing for safety. This stampede apparently resulted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Feb. 15, 1926 | 2/15/1926 | See Source »

...White Monkey. Barbara La Marr is one of those inexplicable personages of the cinema who do not seem to belong. She is not beautiful and certainly not a good actress. Why they placed her in this film translation of Mr. Galsworthy's story remains a mystery. Most of the other characters are miscast-if you like them to stick to the originals. For those who have not read Mr. Galsworthy, and really are not just sure who he is, the picture may serve. Are Parents People? The week's cheers must be devoted to this discussion of divorce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jun. 15, 1925 | 6/15/1925 | See Source »

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