Silent screen actress Barbara La Marr was a legend in her time, leading an astounding life described by newspapers of the day as “a wilder story than she ever helped to film.” I (Sherri Snyder) am honored to partner with the Hollywood Heritage Museum during Women’s History Month to portray Barbara in a self-authored performance piece, then present a slideshow lecture about her, detailing her oftentimes scandalous life from her humble beginnings to her tragic death at age twenty-nine in 1926. Barbara’s banishment from Los Angeles at age seventeen for being “too beautiful”; her notable careers as a dancer, a vaudevillian, a screenwriter, and an actress; her impact upon cinematic history; and her fierce determination to forge her own destiny amid the constant threat of losing it all to scandal and, ultimately, death will be spotlighted.  I will also sign copies of my biography, Barbara La Marr: The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful for Hollywood, after the program. 

The Hollywood Heritage Museum is located in the restored Lasky-Demille Barn, Hollywood’s oldest surviving motion picture studio.  The program, beginning at noon and approximately an hour long, is free with museum admission (seating is limited, however). 

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Dominique Benedict of Breakfast at Dominique’s will be in attendance with Barbara La Marr tribute coffee blend samples (in addition to some of her other Hollywood icon-inspired coffee blends).