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Olive Thomas: The Life and Death of a Silent Film Beauty

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Olive Thomas was one of Hollywoods first true movie stars. Born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, in 1894, she moved to New York at age sixteen and began to pursue an acting career. By 1915, she had landed a job as one of Ziegfelds famous Follies girls. Before long her beauty was discovered by Hollywood, where she quickly became one of the biggest names in motion pictures. Her marriage to film star Jack Pickford further enhanced her popularity. Olives death by poison on September 10, 1920, created a media circus. This biography ...

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Olive Thomas: The Life and Death of a Silent Film Beauty 2007, McFarland & Company, Jefferson

ISBN-13: 9780786429080

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