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Dark-eyed and distant Alma Rubens was one of the first female stars
of the early feature film industry in the 1910s. She was a major
star by 1920, but before the decade was over her screen career was
marked and marred by cocaine abuse. She died in 1931 at age 33 - a
Hollywood beauty, a casualty of Hollywood ""snow,"" yet much more.
As an actress she was versatile, demonstrating a talent that was
ahead of its time with her gentle and subtle expressions. This book
contains Rubens's autobiography, a text titled ""This Bright World
Again"" that was serialized in a ""New York"" newspaper in 1931.
Ghost-written or not or somewhere in between, this long forgotten
document deals with Rubens's addiction and despair. In addition, a
new biography of Rubens takes the reader from her birth in San
Francisco through an impoverished upbringing, three short-lived
marriages, and her career in pictures for Triangle Film,
Cosmopolitan, Fox and other production companies. The story of her
film career mingles with a story of desperate drug addiction that
led to hospital stays, violence and deception. A filmography lists
her credits from 1913 to 1929. Appendices offer fan magazine
articles, news articles addressing her drug abuse, items on her
death and funeral, and an advertisement for her autobiography.
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Grim Tidings (Paperback)
Lee Alexander Webb, Matthew David Evans
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