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Kay: 1922
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 3:22am.
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Washington. D.C., circa 1922. "Kay Laurell." Our third look at this winsome star of stage and screen. National Photo Co. Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Her eyes...
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 11/14/2009 - 2:31pm.
were blue, and her hair was light brown. She was also 5 feet 5 inches tall. This from her passport application. You know no guy in his right mind could resist her after looking in those baby blues!
More Mencken
Submitted by Ken R on Sat, 11/14/2009 - 3:16am.
Now go and read the Wikipedia entry for Kay Laurell, I was surprised by the first quote attributed to H.L. Mencken, and I'm not easily surprised.
No Symbolism Here
Submitted by arnnmann on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 8:59pm.
. . . with the Washington Monument in the background.
Foxes!!!
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 11:47am.
One could easily become enamored of the fetching Ms. Laurell. Marion Elizabeth Rodgers, in a biography she wrote of H.L. Mencken, described Kay Laurell as the "Girl with the Most Wonderful Figure in the World". I don't know how, or by whom, she came to be so designated. (The capital letters are Ms. Rodgers'.) But judging from photos like this one, the accolade may have been a reasonably accurate one.
Which lovely lady
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 8:15am.
is Kay?
[She's the one with the charismas. - Dave]
Winsome star
Submitted by Mario on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 5:12am.
So sad when you see this girl smiling at the time the picture was taken. Because know we now she died 5 years later, at the age of 37. What a waste!
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