Re: Stars & their Packards

Posted by Guscha On 2016/2/26 18:36:13

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1925-26 Packard 326, third series six, 6-cylinder, 60-horsepower, 126-inch wheelbase, 2/4-person runabout (body type #223), scene in playlet of 'Serving Susan' enacted for the summer 1926 Packard Magazine, by Leatrice Joy, movie star.
Photos courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.

"...Her mother disapproved of her becoming an actress, but the family needed the money, so her mother accompanied her to California where she began working in plays and films..." [wikipedia]

A heavy burden for Leatrice Joy (1893-1985). Would you like to get another evidence?

"...she was supposed to be named 'Beatrice' but on the way to her christening, her mother remembered that Leatrice's father had once been engaged to a girl by that name. So she went through the alphabet (Beatrice, Ceatrice, Deatrice) until she came to a version she liked....". [imdb.com]