Texas-born Louise Byrdie Dantzler (1906-2002) was discovered at age 16 by Esther Ralston in a local beauty pageant whilst residing in Long Beach California. Ralston brought her to the attention of director Herbert Brenon, who cast her as Wendy in Peter Pan (1924). Renamed “Mary Brian”, and dubbed “The Sweetest Girl in Pictures”, she was […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:04AM on February 17, 2019