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Barbara La Marr is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 28 july 1896 at Yakima (USA)

Barbara La Marr

Barbara La Marr
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Birth name Reatha Watson
Nationality USA
Birth 28 july 1896 at Yakima (USA)
Death 30 january 1926 (at 29 years) at Altadena (USA)

Barbara La Marr (July 28, 1896 – January 30, 1926) was an American stage and film actress, cabaret artist, and screenwriter.

La Marr was known as "The Girl Who Is Too Beautiful," after a Hearst newspaper feature writer, Adela Rogers St. Johns, saw a judge sending her home during the police beat in Los Angeles because she was too beautiful and young to be on her own in the big city.

Biography

La Marr was married five times. She married her first husband, Jack Lytell, in 1914 at the age of 17. Lytell died of pneumonia a few weeks after the marriage. La Marr married for a second time, on June 2, 1914, to lawyer Lawrence Converse. Converse was already married with children when he married La Marr and was arrested for bigamy the following day. While in jail, Converse repeatedly banged his head on his cell wall while calling for La Marr and knocked himself unconscious. He died of a blood clot in his brain on June 5. In 1916, La Marr married dancer Phil Ainsworth. Ainsworth was sent to San Quentin for passing bad checks. They divorced in 1917. La Marr married for a fourth time to Ben Deely in 1918. They separated in April 1921. Before the divorce from Deely was finalized, La Marr married actor Jack Dougherty in May 1923. They remained married until La Marr's death.

Some years after her death, it was revealed that she had given birth to a son. The name of the boy's father has never been publicly released. The child, Marvin Carville La Marr, was adopted after La Marr's death by the actress ZaSu Pitts and her husband, film executive Tom Gallery. He was renamed Don Gallery.

Usually with

Rex Ingram
Rex Ingram
(3 films)
Fred Niblo
Fred Niblo
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Barbara La Marr (21 films)

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Actress

The White Moth, 1h10
Directed by Maurice Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Actors Barbara La Marr, Conway Tearle, Charles de Rochefort, Ben Lyon, Edna Murphy, Kathleen Kirkham
Roles The White Moth
Rating66% 3.309363.309363.309363.309363.30936
Mona Reid est devenue une vedette du Casino avec un numéro où elle sort d'un cocon tel un papillon ("la Phalène blanche"), puis danse avec son partenaire Gonzalo. Robert Vantine, pour empêcher son frère Douglas d'épouser Mona alors qu'il est déjà fiancé à une autre femme, la courtise et l'emmène à New York où ils se marient. Lorsque son ancien partenaire cherche à la courtiser de nouveau, Robert se rend compte de son réel intérêt pour elle.
The Shooting of Dan McGrew, 1h10
Directed by Clarence G. Badger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Actors Barbara La Marr, Lew Cody, Mae Busch, Percy Marmont, E. Alyn Warren, George Siegmann
Roles Lady Known as Lou

A dancer known as Lou Lorraine feels her life is going nowhere. She is married to Jim, who is working as a pianist at the same cabaret in a small village Lou is working at. One day, a man nicknamed "Dangerous Dan" McGrew promises to make a big star on Broadway out of her, after which she immediately leaves with him. She swears on staying faithful to her husband, promising to earn money to have Jim and her son sent to New York. Jim, however, does not trust Dan and follows them to New York, where everything goes out of hand.
Thy Name Is Woman
Directed by Fred Niblo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Ramón Novarro, Barbara La Marr, William V. Mong, Wallace MacDonald, Robert Edeson, Edith Roberts
Roles Guerita
Rating48% 2.434952.434952.434952.434952.43495
Juan Ricardo est un soldat de l'armée espagnole. On lui offre une promotion de sergent si il séduit Guerrita la jeune épouse de Pedro un ancien passeur qui si livre aux trafic de biens clandestins...
The Brass Bottle, 1h
Directed by Maurice Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Harry Myers, Ernest Torrence, Tully Marshall, Tony Randall, Clarissa Selwynne, Ford Sterling
Roles The Queen

Sous le règne du roi Salomon, un brigand est condamné à être emprisonné dans une bouteille en cuivre... En Angleterre, de nos jours, Horace, un architecte américain, achète cette bouteille lors d'une vente aux enchères, dans le but d'amadouer le professeur Hamilton, un antiquaire dont il est amoureux de la fille. Mais Hamilton rejette le cadeau et Horace de rage jette la bouteille qui se rompt et de laquelle s'échappe un génie.
St. Elmo
St. Elmo (1923)
, 1h
Directed by Jerome Storm
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors John Gilbert, Barbara La Marr, Bessie Love, Warner Baxter, Nigel De Brulier, Lydia Knott
Roles Agnes Hunt

When St. Elmo Thornton catches his fiancée Agnes in the arms of his best friend Murray Hammond, he shoots Hammond and decides to travel around the world in hopes of forgetting women. Upon returning, he meets Edna, the blacksmith's daughter who is living with his minister. In the end, St. Elmo becomes a minister and marries Edna.
Souls for Sale, 1h30
Directed by Rupert Hughes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about television
Actors Eleanor Boardman, Lew Cody, Richard Dix, Mae Busch, Frank Mayo, Barbara La Marr
Roles Leva Lemaire
Rating69% 3.4885753.4885753.4885753.4885753.488575
Remember "Mem" Steddon (Eleanor Boardman) marries Owen Scudder (Lew Cody) after a whirlwind courtship. However, on their wedding night, she has a change of heart. When the train taking them to Los Angeles stops for water, she impulsively and secretly gets off in the middle of the desert. Strangely, when Scudder realizes she is gone, he does not have the train stopped.
The Eternal Struggle, 1h20
Directed by Reginald Barker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Western
Actors Renée Adorée, Earle Williams, Barbara La Marr, Patrick H. O'Malley Jr., Wallace Beery, Josef Swickard
Roles Camille Lenoir

The film focuses on Andrée Grange, the daughter of a local cafe owner. She is about to marry Neil Tempest, a sergeant at the North-West Mounted Police, but is actually in love with Bucky O'Hara, one of Tempest's underlings whom she is constantly flirting with. Meanwhile, her father is attacked in his cabin by Barode Dukane. Andrée, who has witnessed the struggle, feels that she is responsible for the following death of Barode. Her father helps her flee town by ship and O'Hara is assigned to locate and arrest her. He tracks her down, but is followed by Tempest. Tempest tries to help her, but they are caught in the rapids. O'Hara eventually comes to the rescue, saving Tempest and Andrée's lives. In the end, her innocence is proven and Tempest breaks the engagement, realizing that his fiancée is in love with O'Hara.
Mary of the Movies
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Marion Mack, Anna May Wong, Creighton Hale, Florence Lee, Jack Perrin, Raymond Cannon
Roles Barbara La Marr (uncredited)
Rating60% 3.044263.044263.044263.044263.04426
Mary (Mack), a country girl, moves to Hollywood to become a star, and earn money to pay for her brother's operation. She meets many famous stars, but has difficulty getting work. Finally, she gets a break when her resemblance to a star leads to her being cast in a film.
The Prisoner of Zenda
Directed by Rex Ingram, Rex Ingram
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Adventure, Romance
Themes Monde imaginaire, Politique, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Lewis Stone, Alice Terry, Robert Edeson, Stuart Holmes, Ramón Novarro, Barbara La Marr
Roles Antoinette de Mauban
Rating66% 3.336393.336393.336393.336393.33639
Englishman Rudolf Rassendyll (Lewis Stone) decides to pass the time by attending the coronation of his distant relation, King Rudolf V of Ruritania (also played by Stone) . He encounters an acquaintance on the train there, Antoinette de Mauban (Barbara La Marr), the mistress of the king's treacherous brother, Grand Duke 'Black' Michael (Stuart Holmes).
Arabian Love, 50minutes
Directed by Jerome Storm
Origin USA
Genres Romance
Actors John Gilbert, Barbara Bedford, Barbara La Marr, Bob Kortman, William Orlamond
Roles Themar

Shortly after marrying a man, Nadine Fortier travels through the desert to a distant city to visit her dying mother. On her way, she is kidnapped by a group of bandits, who use her when gambling. Nadine eventually becomes the property of Norman Stone, an American criminal who is on the run from the police. Norman helps her to safety and they plan on crossing ways. Nadine, however, contacts him to find her husband's murderer.
Quincy Adams Sawyer, 1h20
Directed by Clarence G. Badger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors John Bowers, Blanche Sweet, Lon Chaney, Barbara La Marr, Elmo Lincoln, Louise Fazenda
Roles Lindy Putnam

Quincy Adams Sawyer is a young attorney who one day meets a girl in the park. He is immediately smitten with her, but is summoned to the village of Mason's Corners by his father's friend Deacon Pettengill to investigate a villainous lawyer named Obadiah Strout before he can pursue her. Meanwhile, Mrs. Putnam, an old woman, is being swindled by Strout. Putnam's daughter Lindy, a natural vamp, attempts to seduce Sawyer. He shows interest, until he finds out who the girl from the park is: Alice, Pettengill's niece who has become blind since their first meeting.
Trifling Women
Directed by Rex Ingram, Rex Ingram
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Barbara La Marr, Ramón Novarro, Edward Connelly, Lewis Stone, Hughie Mack, John George
Roles Jacqueline de Séverac / Zareda
Rating65% 3.262043.262043.262043.262043.26204
Leon de Severac is fed up with his daughter Jacqueline, who is constantly seducing men. Hoping to discourage her from her flirtatious behavior, he tells her the story of Zareda, an attractive fortune teller who is having an affair with Ivan de Maupin. Ivan's father, the Baron, lusts after her as well and Ivan eventually grows convinced that Zareda is cheating on him. Giving her up, he leaves for war shortly after. A short period later, Zareda finds out the Baron is about to poison Marquis Ferroni. Trying to save the marquis, she switches the wine glasses and the Baron dies instead.