|
|
|
John O'Dowd John O'Dowd is a celebrity biographer whose interviews and articles have appeared in Filmfax, Outre, Discoveries, Motown Chatbusters, Cult Movies, Chiller Theatre, Weird NJ, Take Country Back, Femme Fatales, Glamour Girls: Then and Now and Psychotronic Video magazines. O'Dowd is the author of the upcoming Barbara Payton biography, entitled: "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye: The Barbara Payton Story," which contains over 250 photos of the actress. It will be published by BearManor Media in November 2006. John O'Dowd's e-mail address is: Jod6cindy@aol.com.
Left to Die: The Barbara Payton Tragedy. Barbara Payton reached the pinnacle of Hollywood in 1950. Blonde and beautiful, her libido was robust, her taste ribald; her lovers formed a who's who of Hollywood leading men from Bob Hope, George Raft, Gary Cooper, Gregory Peck, Guy Madison to Tarzan -- with dozens and dozens of lesser lights in between. The tabloids feasted on her liaisons. When she flouted Hollywood's code by taking on a black lover in 1955, her career was over at age 27. She went from making $10,000 a week at Warner Brothers to utter destitution and ruin, turning tricks for $5 on Sunset Strip. (10/20/02)
This page has been viewed
|
|
|
Contents Copyright © 1998-2008 by Crime Magazine | Pat O'Connor, Editor | E-mail CrimeMagazine.com |
