tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post6133433629044862457..comments2023-08-04T00:31:05.621-04:00Comments on DFQ2: Tragic Story of Talented Actress Peg Entwistle ExplainedTokyo Shemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-76925489908181083052013-07-18T14:30:56.690-04:002013-07-18T14:30:56.690-04:00I hope you will all give my new Peg Entwistle book...I hope you will all give my new Peg Entwistle book a read. "Peg Entwistle and the Hollywood Sign Suicide: A Biography" is due to be released later this summer through McFarland & Company publishers. It is currently available for pre-order at McFarland, Amazon, and others. Thank you for the interest!<br /><br />james jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446379325838447211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-84379784994052445542013-05-24T08:40:57.024-04:002013-05-24T08:40:57.024-04:00Thanks for the comment.
I went through a similar ...Thanks for the comment.<br /><br />I went through a similar thing trying to become a high school teacher. I finally landed <i>the</i> job in 2001. But then the towers fell and I was let go despite having a contract. There is a Massachusetts' clause which lets schools dismiss a new teacher within a certain period of time. It becomes basically an at will termination.<br /><br />I asked what I did wrong. They told me they didn't have to say. It didn't matter to them that they had ruined my career. My old job as a house sub was gone. To this day I wonder which administrator or powerful teacher wanted the job for one of their nephews or nieces.<br /><br />So this sort of thing is going on everywhere and in all walks of life. The following cliche is very true. It's often not about what you know, but who you know.<br /><br />For actors/actresses, the system does look for cardboard cutouts, like you say. For schools, superintendants and principals/dept. head desire huge presences that can facilitate behaviour modification. Old school thinkers/peaceniks have the notion that education should be about motivating and inspiring every student to participate in a democracy. We needn't apply to most school systems. With budget cuts, one is hard pressed to even find substitute teaching these days.<br /><br />Being a sub is probably the equivalent of yourself having to do commercials or other stuff below your skills. We were raised to think the American Dream is a beautiful and authentic reality. Then later on we realise it is more akin to a lottery system.<br /><br />You need to decide what you want out of live. If you don't want to give up on this dream, you might want to head back east towards New York. Maybe you can move up the charts for Broadway/Off-Broadway or get on a soap opera. Or keep plugging away in Hollywood.<br /><br />But no matter what, keep your wits while waiting on tables or whatever you do to pay rent.<br /><br />It's not always about skill. There's the saying don't confuse luck for skill. Too many do that.<br /><br />It was bad luck for Peg she had those mental health issues before they have become more understood. I don't think she jumps, if she was born twenty years later. Method acting was coming into play.<br /><br />It's a pretty good story this one. I only heard of it because I developed an old movie fetish. Back then, I'd go to IMDB and web surf the people from the flicks. I read her bio. If Bette Davis thought she was one of the best, I have no doubt she was.<br /><br />Unfortunately, Peg Entwistle hasn't been the only sad story out of LaLa Land.<br /><br />It might actually be to your spiritual benefit to not so-called succeed.<br /><br />I know you don't want to hear that or perhaps think people are just being nice, but it's true.<br /><br />There's more to life than fame and fortune or even fulfilling our chosen career paths.<br /><br />I sincerely wish you well. Keep your chin up.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-35134055194362686682013-05-23T21:45:24.178-04:002013-05-23T21:45:24.178-04:00Thank you for posting this article about Peg Entwi...Thank you for posting this article about Peg Entwistles fight with Hollywood. In my book, this wonderfully talented woman won. She won because now, thanks to her sad choice to tragically end her gentle life, we are informed of Hollywood's bastard reputation. Like you said,acting was Peg's only hope. I wish she could have sought comfort from people that loved her in her life. But since she didn't, her death will always be a truthful portrait of Hollywood. Hollywood's brutal reputation is well deserved. Not only does this industry find every (unethical, scam and illegal) way to suck dry every last cent from an actors pockets but they also only seek out the in shape and clean skinned cardboard cut out humans. I'm Britt. I've been acting for 15 years in film, commercial and theatre. I'm on my 12th miserable month in LA. I am blessed to have two agents and a manager but I have YET to book any work. Its a really really really really volatile and expensive business/place to survive inside of. I hate it.<br />:)RIP Peg EntwistleAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05415468514719648330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-73733831432451848252012-06-28T20:16:26.402-04:002012-06-28T20:16:26.402-04:00Hi Lydia, yikes I can't remember much of this ...Hi Lydia, yikes I can't remember much of this one. I've seen too many movies in between then and now. At the time it seemed interesting.<br /><br />Now I'm thinking suicide is a statistic; that Peg's death was no more or less important than any other's. Even though she was a "down to earth" actress with skills, she deserves no standing ovation for being a drama queen coward. <br /><br />Peg simply didn't have the charisma to succeed in the Hollywood system. She didn't have "it." She was like anyone else with depression. You're probably correct my article was good but off-kilter. It's been a while.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-12148934584219588972012-06-28T14:56:44.132-04:002012-06-28T14:56:44.132-04:00Good thesis but it doesn't make any sense with...Good thesis but it doesn't make any sense with what she wrote on her suicide note. Her note made it seem as though she had caused a lot of pain. What was that all about?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363184847163451974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-52574349538934284082010-07-14T00:51:07.018-04:002010-07-14T00:51:07.018-04:00Oops typo. Nerd-freak hybrid. Nerd and geek are ki...Oops typo. Nerd-freak hybrid. Nerd and geek are kind of the same thing, if I'm not mistaken. I'm thinking of that show Freaks and Geeks. Combine a nerdy band member with some weed. That's what I'm talking about. p:>Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-68614767067003688962010-07-14T00:47:59.626-04:002010-07-14T00:47:59.626-04:00I missed your post, Bob. Thanks for the support. I...I missed your post, Bob. Thanks for the support. I didn't mind a bit of it, but the extent of cybersmear abuse heaped on myself was astounding. I didn't want to go to the police, but some of it was close to being death threats. It's not my fault some dumbass hoax called Deep Sky was so easy to expose. The emails that guy sent me were disgusting. I'm not a lawyer, but I'm certain he broke the cyberstalking laws. There have been others, but they are at backwash blogs and just utter stupidity. So stupid, that the only slant it or they could come with after I documented it was to say I was trying to make myself look bad for the attention. I have survived this, because if anyone looks into it, at the stuff I screenshot etc., I am sure they will see I don't use sock puppets or am disinfo. I admit I'm a tad eccentric, but that's no big deal. I'm not even eccentric, just kind of a nerd-geek hybrid.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-17810384754465448832010-07-14T00:40:56.397-04:002010-07-14T00:40:56.397-04:00I stumbled across another few stories similar to P...I stumbled across another few stories similar to Peg's.<br /><br />Marie Prevost got her career derailed because of a weight problem. It wasn't that she was obese, but according to Hollywood she was. She died at 38 as a broke alcoholic living in a run down apartment. <br /> <br />Sidney Fox took her own life at 34 after also getting the cold shoulder from Hollywood.<br /><br />Gwili Andre set herself on fire using stills and promotional thingies from her earlier career as kindle. She did so a day after her 51st birthday. She was another lovely lady eaten up and spit out by the entertainment industry.<br /><br />Peggy Shannon drank herself to death at age 34. She had been signed as a replacement for Clara Bow as the "It" girl. Bow only lived to 51 after being shunned by Hollywood and then diagnosed with schizophrenia. <br /><br />I've a few more examples of tough endings for Hollywood stars or near stars.<br /><br />Leslie Howard died at 50 after his plane was shot down by German fighters.<br /> <br /> <br />I'm now watching this Jean Harlow flick called Platinum Blonde. The first part has already been taken down from youtube. You have to watch these movies as soon as you find them or you run the risk of them getting deleted at any moment unless they are in the public domain.<br /> <br />The lead actor was this dude named Robert Williams. He looked and acted like Sean Penn. This was at the beginning of talkies, and it's always cool to witness some outstanding acting from way back. He was destined for stardom, but fate took him elsewhere. He died at 34 after his appendix burst. <br /><br />His co-star Jean Harlow also had a terrible fate. She died of kidney disease at age 26.<br /><br />Her husband had been found shot dead. That was ruled a suicide, but one source I just looked at says he was also married to someone else and was found naked with a bullet in his brain. <br /><br /><br />Wow what a bummer all this is. Please no one take any of this personally and never do anything stupid you'd regret, if you were still alive to be anle to.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-56396659458634034622010-07-11T17:27:50.252-04:002010-07-11T17:27:50.252-04:00Yes, it is apparent to me that you have been victi...Yes, it is apparent to me that you have been victimized. Isn't it strange, how some people who laud the internet as a welcome haven for free speech will go to such lengths attempting to silence those who speak out against THEIR sacred cows?bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12503571778897116344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-49213308055579962912010-07-11T17:03:30.598-04:002010-07-11T17:03:30.598-04:00The thing is I have been cyberstalked. I can prove...The thing is I have been cyberstalked. I can prove it. I filed a report with the local police. There's also that strange troll who won't go away from this blog.<br /><br />So no silver lining there. Well maybe that I didn't end up wasting a lot of time at that specific RI dive. This is what I was trying to say on your thread about how the cybersmearing schtick isn't exclusive to the mc-sra crowd.<br /><br />I proved that a disturbed cybersmear script was put in place against me. It's been going on since 2007 when myself and TLNL helped expose Michael Rivero. Of course, it's only two degrees of separation to get from Rivero to Jeff Wells through Tinoire. There is no degree of separation between Arcadia Ego and the person who I filed the report against. That guy sent me some very vicious emails, and Ego along with Tinoire and Wells ran with the disinfo football that I have sock puppets and make imaginary conversations. I knew Ego from a previous forum. That's how he had my ip address and had me banned from RI before I was able to make even one post. That event spurred me on to get back in there, which I've explained elsewhere. That Jeff Wells treated me like dirt and broke our deal spurred me on to figure out more about the satanic panic mind control hogwash and Wells' direct participation in spreading such rubbish.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-24102522099465158792010-07-11T15:43:18.038-04:002010-07-11T15:43:18.038-04:00Thanks for sprucing up the No Monarchs piece!
I ...Thanks for sprucing up the No Monarchs piece! <br /><br />I look forward to some productive bouncing. <br /><br />You've expressed some bitterness, in the past, over having been banned from RI before you'd even posted on it. I can understand your feelings about that.<br /><br />Perhaps there might have been a silver lining in that, however. If you had been an active participant on RI, you might have become one of their members who have been subjected to the relentless cyber-stalking & mind-f*ck campaigns I've described in the No Monarchs piece.bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12503571778897116344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-33934849606917573952010-07-11T14:05:47.396-04:002010-07-11T14:05:47.396-04:00Thanks Bob. I almost deleted the 2nd post by anony...Thanks Bob. I almost deleted the 2nd post by anonymous. It doesn't feel right. But there it is.<br /><br />I fixed one double image. If I was paid, I'd do a much better job. Nevertheless, this kind of blogging I find enjoyable, even when the subject matter is a downer.<br /> <br />I've found some images to add to your new entry concerning the Project Monarch hoax.<br /> <br />I like what you wrote. It's got me thinking from a bunch of different angles. Maybe we can bounce some ideas off each other.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-13678626094649923282010-07-11T08:08:38.015-04:002010-07-11T08:08:38.015-04:00Good writing!Good writing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-53560910261394837612010-07-11T03:10:04.583-04:002010-07-11T03:10:04.583-04:00Great article, thanks!
Very sad story, though.Great article, thanks! <br />Very sad story, though.bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12503571778897116344noreply@blogger.com