Peg Entwistle and the Hollywood Sign Suicide: A Biography

Peg Entwistle and the Hollywood Sign Suicide: A Biography

This is the first complete biography of actress Peg Entwistle, known as the â€œHollywood Sign Girlâ€ because of her suicide fall from the HOLLYWOODLAND sign in 1932. It details her childhood, stage and film career, marriage and divorce, and her suicide and almost cult-like pop culture status today. Extensively researched and written with the complete cooperation of the Entwistle family, this work includes excerpts from interviews with Peg Entwistleâ€™s brother Milton and her cousin Helen Reid, both of whom recalled much of Pegâ€™s years living in Hollywood, her career and private life, and her final weeks. It also features many of Peg Entwistleâ€™s own words from extant letters to her family and newly discovered interviews with theatrical reporters. Nearly 30 previously unpublished images from the authorâ€™s collection, the Entwistle family, and a number of other sources complete an intimate look at a life that was defined by far more than its famously unhappy end.
Country USA
Manufacturer McFarland
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-10-25
Format Kindle eBook