{"product_id":"alma-rubens-silent-snowbird-alma-rubens-9780786424139","title":"Alma Rubens, Silent Snowbird: Her Complete 1930 Memoir, with a New Biography and Filmography","description":"\u003cp\u003eDark-eyed and distant Alma Rubens was one of the first female stars of the early feature film industry in the 1910s. She was a major star by 1920, but before the decade was over her screen career was marked and marred by cocaine abuse. She died in 1931 at age 33--a Hollywood beauty, a casualty of Hollywood snow, yet much more. As an actress she was versatile, demonstrating a talent that was ahead of its time with her gentle and subtle expressions. This book contains Rubens's autobiography, a text titled \u003cem\u003eThis Bright World Again\u003c\/em\u003e that was serialized in newspapers in 1931. Ghost-written or not or somewhere in between, this long forgotten document deals with Rubens's addiction and despair. In addition, a new biography of Rubens takes the reader from her birth in San Francisco through an impoverished upbringing, three short-lived marriages, and her career in pictures for Triangle Film, Cosmopolitan, Fox and other production companies. The story of her film career mingles with a tale of desperate drug addiction that led to hospital stays, violence and deception. A filmography lists her credits from 1913 to 1929.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alma Rubens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786424133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786424139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.04w x 0.59d","brand":"Alma Rubens","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926034415871,"sku":"9780786424139","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5ce506ae-2850-424a-a2a0-426757742978.jpg?v=1681080815","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alma-rubens-silent-snowbird-alma-rubens-9780786424139","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}