another fallen actress from an earlier period with a noir connection to sunset boulevard as well........
Marie Prevost
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As Norma Desmond waxes poetic about her days in the mack sennet bathing beauties, she muses on how marie prevost always stepped on her feet.
Marie as a Sennet bathing beauty
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She Blogged by Night
but of course she is most famous for this;
She was a winner
That became a doggie's dinner.
She never meant that much to me.
Oh, poor Marie.
Nick Lowe's misspelled homage to her, (
the song is titled Marie Provost)
On January 21, 1937, at the age of 38, Prevost died from heart failure brought on by acute alcoholism and malnutrition. Her body was not discovered until January 23, after neighbors complained about her dog's incessant barking. A bellboy, who ignored the note Prevost posted on the door asking that no one knock on the door more than once, finally forced the door open. Prevost was found lying face down on her bed, her legs marked with tiny bites. Prevost's pet dachshund, Maxie, had nipped at her legs in an attempt to wake her up.
Her funeral (which was paid for by Joan Crawford) at the Hollywood Memorial Cemetery was attended by Crawford, Clark Gable, Wallace Beery, and Barbara Stanwyck among others.
In February 1937, it was discovered that Prevost's estate was valued at only $300 prompting the Hollywood community to create the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital to provide medical care for employees of the television and motion picture industry.
For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Marie Prevost has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard.
the building where she and her dachshund resided was the aftonian located at 6230 Afton Place
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some details of the entry
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Paradise Leased
Marie on the cover of Movie Weekly 1921
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She Blogged by Night
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Paradise Leased
oh poor marie....................................