{"product_id":"alma-rubens-silent-snowbird","title":"Alma Rubens, Silent Snowbird","description":"\u003cp\u003e   Dark-eyed and distant Alma Rubens was one of the first female stars of the early feature film industry in the 1910s. She was a major star by 1920, but before the decade was over her screen career was marked and marred by cocaine abuse. She died in 1931 at age 33--a Hollywood beauty, a casualty of Hollywood \"snow,\"  yet much more. As an actress she was versatile, demonstrating a talent that was ahead of its time with her gentle and subtle expressions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This book contains Rubens's autobiography, a text titled \u003ci\u003eThis Bright World Again\u003c\/i\u003e that was serialized in newspapers in 1931. Ghost-written or not or somewhere in between, this long forgotten document deals with Rubens's addiction and despair. In addition, a new biography of Rubens takes the reader from her birth in San Francisco through an impoverished upbringing, three short-lived marriages, and her career in pictures for Triangle Film, Cosmopolitan, Fox and other production companies. The story of her film career mingles with a tale of desperate drug addiction that led to hospital stays, violence and deception. A filmography lists her credits from 1913 to 1929.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54262697460056,"sku":"9780786424139","price":27.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780786424139_efbabcba-d25c-495e-8358-41064aeb1ffa.jpg?v=1765375212","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/alma-rubens-silent-snowbird","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}