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Could my whole life just be a bunch of pictures? If so, give credit for most of them to © David Pearson, a silent film scholar.

1939

Ford Sterling and Mabel Normand.
Grandma was persuaded to relocate in Los Angeles.
Joel McCrea.

1965


I was named for one actor and reincarnated from another. 		Clara Bow.
Alla Nazimova.

1973


I lived in the haze of innocence. 		Louise Brooks.
Lauren Bacall.

1979


I dreamed of a romantic world. 		Jean Harlow.
Louise Brooks and Keen Thompson.

1983


I thought I was very smart. 		Anita Loos.
Alice Roberts, Louise Brooks and Fritz Kortner.

1987


Berkeley took care of that. 		Alla Nazimova.
Clara Bow.

1989


The energy of Los Angeles gave me hope for the future... 		Louise Brooks.
Dolores Del Rio and Ivan Linow(?)

1991


...and almost buried me again in madness. 		Barbara La Marr and William V. Mong.
Lily Damita.

1996


I accepted the contradictions of this world. 		Zasu Pitts.
Louise Fazenda.

2001


Now I'm as sophisticated as hell... 		Audrey Hepburn.
Frida Kahlo.

2006


...And ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille. 		Joel Rane.

Care to see a more dismal side of life? Try the photography of Weegee.

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Updated Thursday, 11 May 2006, by Joel J. Rane.
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