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Peg Entwistle: Hollywood Sign
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Peg Entwistle was born February 6, 1908 and died September 18, 1932 when she committed suicide by jumping off the HOLLYWOODLAND sign. To learn more about this tragic Welsh-born starlet, CLICK HERE.
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Not surprisingly, the marriage dissolved in 1930, as Peg got more Broadway work in productions that were not flops, even if they did not become giant hits. Still, by 1932, the Depression had taken its toll on legit theater, so Peg headed for Hollywood and movie work.
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Wie viele ihrer Kollegen versuchte Peg nun ihr Glück in Hollywood, wo der Einzug des Tonfilms frischen Talenten die Studiotore geöffnet hatte. Nach ihrer Ankunft in Los Angeles fand sie im April 1932 eine Bleibe in einem Wohnheim für angehende Schauspielerinnen. Und in der Tat trug ihr die Broadway-Erfahrung rasch ein erstes Bühnenengagement ein, das sie an der Seite von Humphrey Bogart bestritt, einem Hollwood-Neuling wie sie. Doch das Stück, das ihr als Sprungbrett in die Filmwelt dienen sollte, wurde trotz Kritikerlob schon nach wenigen Tagen wieder abgesetzt. Als es ihr dann aber gelang, beim Studio RKO eine bescheidene Filmrolle in der David-O.-Selznick-Produktion
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This is the trailer for a short film about Peg Entwistle, the actress who jumped off the Hollywood Sign in 1932. Local legend says that she still haunts the area around the sign. In this supernatural love story, a jogger meets her up in Griffith Park and decides to spend some time partying with the gorgeous Peg and her decadent friends. Eventually, he'll figure out who and what she is. But will it change his mind? The film stars beautiful young actress Christina Huntington as Peg and is written and directed by Frank Gallegos
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