Hollywood was just emerging in the film industry in the 1940s and 1950s, and it allowed the world to see many goddess-level actresses who are still unsurpassed, but like two sides of the coin, it also allowed people to witness the departure of some of them.
People are often forgetful, today's flying news will eventually end in chai rice oil and salt, and behind the scenes, actresses often live unlike themselves, no one stands with them to feel empathy, and the death of a generation of sexy goddess Marilyn Monroe has shocked the world.
And Carol was Marilyn Monroe in the '40s.
Carol Landis was a world-famous blonde movie star with the most fascinating stories of the golden years in Hollywood, and even in the entire history of cinema. Few people have heard of the name today, but her story has become legendary in Hollywood, with twists and turns no less than the enviable curves of her body.
On July 5, 1948, Carol was found dead in her home, and she spent her last night with her married lover, and many speculated that they had an argument that night, like the bloody section of the average junior.
At noon on Sunday in early July, Carol was hosting a pool party at her home at 1465 Capri Avenue, she put on her bathing suit and went swimming, in a good mood, she told her friends, "You must go home early, because I have dinner with my man", which was their seventh consecutive dinner, and this big brother with his wife named Rex was the last straw that caused Carol's death.
Carroll and Rex Harrison
Their affair has been going on for more than a year, so Carol filed for divorce from her husband, Horace, and sold her mansion. Before dinner, they still have you and me, and in the evening they quarrel over the man's divorce and end the relationship, and she also left a note expressing her love for her mother and suicide.
This beautiful girl's suicide shocked everyone for a while, and the next day, the photo of the body appeared on the streets and alleys of various newspapers, and this was the third time she had committed suicide.
Long career pressure and emotional life made her feel hopeless, the first two times she let her friends save her, this time she fell on the bathroom floor and never got up again.
Carole Landis
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Carol's father, a railroad worker and a housewife, abandoned the family before Carol was born, with four older sisters and two brothers.
Unfortunately, her brother was burned to death by boiling water and her brother was shot by a neighbor, all of which made Carol, who was born in that turbulent era, feel insecure.
While skipping class like a tomboy, she also had to earn money to support herself. She worked as a hat saleswoman, a waitress and a theater usher, but this was not as good as she won a beauty pageant when she was 12 years old.
"Who says it's useless to look good, who says you can't make money by looking good?" It was born in the mind and appearance of her peers who seemed to be superior to her peers.
Like all girls, Carol longed for someone to love. At the age of 15 she met her first husband, who was 19 at the time, and married in the same year, but the marriage did not last long, and within a year Carol divorced and returned to her mother's house...
Soon after, she dropped out of high school and went to San Francisco in search of stardom to begin her acting career.
She changed the name "Carol" to reference to her favorite actress, Carol Lombard, dyed her hair blonde, and within 18 months she moved from Hawaiian dancer to singer in the band at St. Francis, and in the late summer of 1935, at the age of 17, she went to Hollywood.
After only half a year in Hollywood, she met One of the greatest choreographers of the Hollywood song and dance era, Busby Berkeley, in the audition of Warner's variety show, and won a 7-year labor contract.
In 1938, Carroll terminated his contract with the "unreliable company". Carol, who became a freelancer, always modeled, expanded her stage play business, worked as a radio host on a radio station, and nicknamed "The Ping Girl" because of the coolly dressed film "One Million Years BC".
Stills from One Million Years BC
It is also because of this movie that she began to be famous in the film circle, and she also caused a lot of controversy because of her plump body and revealing clothing.
The same clothes other girls wear fine, she wears it to appear pornographic, even if it is not the protagonist, she can let the audience focus on her figure, whether it is breasts or thighs, selling socks can cause a commotion.
Carroll not only became synonymous with "sexy" at that time, but also became the earliest fashion icon.
In addition to being pretty, she also has extraordinary talent, a good sense of humor, and more importantly, she has a tolerant heart, and someone once described her as the kindest girl they have ever seen. She even has her own fan club, and perhaps she is the first girl in history to have a fan base...
And this girl did not disappoint everyone, and did all the things that the entertainment industry is still doing.
For example, plastic surgery, she turned her small round face into a small pointed face, to know that the plastic surgery technology at that time was not good, but she was stunned to go to the plastic surgery, creating a precedent for female star plastic surgery, for a time the news flew everywhere, but she rose in popularity because she became beautiful.
In 1945, Carroll married a Broadway producer, but at that time they had little time together in a long-distance relationship, and the divorce left the girl bankrupt again, until early 1947, when Carol met the true love of her life, rex Harrison, the "husband of a wife" mentioned earlier.
"Nothing we do for soldiers can be reciprocated by what they do for us. They were great! ”
- Carol
During World War II, the girl threw herself into the war, spending more time on reinforcements than any female star, helping the army raise money to sell war bonds, and auctioning off her opal ring.
Soldiers adored her, affectionately calling her the "blonde bomber," one of the most popular girls in the military, telling reporters:
"This is not only a responsibility, but also a panacea, even if the clothes are wrinkled, the face is dry and cracked, and the ears are deaf due to bombers, it must be like a pilot crash with the spirit of seeing death as a homecoming."
She also learned a lot of basic first aid skills and joined the Air Nurse Corps to participate in the rescue as much as possible. She never refused any request, including the excluded blacks, and according to incomplete statistics, she visited more than 200 military bases across the country in a year.
In the summer of 1944, she and a group of stars embarked on a two-month tour, spanning more than 100,000 miles, performing for soldiers in Australia, Brazil, Algeria, Bermuda, Scotland, Great Britain, New Guinea, Ireland, Guam and New Zealand, and on tour she contracted malaria and amoeba dysentery and nearly lost her life.
"No one has ever seen how hungry the boys are for the sight and voice of an American girl, that is out of place with the war, and doing ridiculous little things makes them happy and easy to live, but until then they can't rest." 」
Such a kind, beautiful, strong woman, but never found someone who loves herself, and finally overwhelmed to give up her life, choose to wither in the most beautiful years.
Everyone knows about the later Monroe, but you have to know that before her, the name "Carol Landis" existed briefly and dazzlingly.
Source: Carolelandisofficia, misslindsaylane
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