Comments on: Marie Prevost – An Undeserved Finale

By: lainiediamond

lainiediamond — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:19:50 +0000

Wow, she's beautiful and from the first photo, had a figure to rival anyone in Hollywood today. Thanks for the kind article.

By: RHS

RHS — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:57:10 +0000

A couple of years ago I was commissioned to write a horror screenplay set in Hollywood, lots of frustrated young dreamers and seances and the Ouija board, and I referenced Marie Prevost in it, although not as I remember by name but by the manner of her death. I can't remember where I first heard this terrible story but I probably did see it in Anger's book, which I first read many moons ago (and hated at the time). Thanks for this more sensitive recounting of those tragic events.

By: Diane

Diane — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:49:23 +0000

I am really glad to have come across this article. I have in the past used this book as gospel on Hollywood movie lore. I've read a number of books on the subject and I should know that alot of it is made up to look sensational with only a small bit of truth. I remember this story and have looked back on her as another star going down the hard road searching for fame. iIam now on a quest to see the movies she made to see the talent she must have been. Thank you.

By: Kim D.

Kim D. — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:33:57 +0000

I never took Hollywood Babylon seriously and felt it was always Kenneth Anger's personal attack on a town that never recognized him. Writing has never been his forte. His films, on the other hand, are the work of a true artist. That said, why does he have to hold up a pitiable figure like Marie Prevost for ridicule and cheap laughs? Someone could do a pretty mean send-up of Anger's own life which has been a bit of a train wreck.