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Olive Thomas (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 2)
Olive Thomas (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 2)
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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Jul 10, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
The first Hollywood scandal to attract international attention was the death-by-poison of Olive Thomas, the twenty-five-year old star of au courant Hollywood hit The Flapper. According to Hollywood Babylon, Thomas’s death was the suicide of a woman desperate over her failure to score dope for her junkie husband. What’s the real story—and what role was played by Jack Pickford, Olive’s husband and the brother of the actress then considered “America’s Sweetheart”?
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Released:
Jul 10, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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