Looking for Mabel Normand
Madcap Mabel Normand
1923 20 Beauties
“Penrhyn Stanlaws declares solemnly that none of the recognized beauties of the silver screen is even approximately perfect – pulchritudinous speaking. And he uses names and points out flaws with the valor of mere man unafraid…Stanlaws is a bold man, And he is a brave man.”
20 Beauties with 20 or more Flaws.
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Betty Blythe is muscle bound in her hips. She has horse nostrils
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Betty Compson’s hips are too prominent and are muscle-bound. |
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Viola Dana has a big nose that is heavy at the end; jawbones are too wide and chin too prominent. |
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Bebe Daniels figure is good, but she keeps her mouth open too much. |
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Pauline Fredrick’s eyelids are too heavy |
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Dorothy Gish sisters have imperfect noses, Lips too large, also. |
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Lillian Gish as imperfect as Dorothy |
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Phyllis Haver has a face like a diamond with too many facets. It is over-modeled. |
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Lila Lee’s figure is stocky and face is too flat. |
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Shirley Mason’s faults are deep-set eyes and horse nostrils. |
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Mary Miles Minter is too matronly because she carries herself stiffly. |
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Nazimova’s eyes are too large for her face and her head is too big. |
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Pola Negri – her face is too square. |
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Mary Pickford shares the common blemish of too large a head. |
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Marie Prevost’s neck is too short |
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Ruth Roland has a moon face and her lips are too large |
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Gloria Swanson’s head is too heavy for her body. Her nose is retrousse. |
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Constance Talmadge has an inadequate mouth and chin. |
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Clair Windsor’s eyes are set too high in her head. |
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When I found this, which I think explains Mabel’s lack of positive feelings toward Stanlaws it was these other actresses called him; “Silly, Crazy, Ignorant”. Mabel was lucky he only rip the heart out of her enjoyment of a dress her mother was going to make by 1923 when Stanlaws made his hit list Mabel was in a very fragile condition.
