Myrna Darby Vintage Follies Star:Free Vintage Photo

9/24/2014

Myrna Darby considered one of the top 4 most beautiful girls on the New York Stage dies at age 21 in 1929. Her death was caused by a long untreated tonsil and sinusitis infection in one of the hollow bones in the nasal area. The infection spread to her lymph-nodes and eventually she succumbed. She was a Follies girl for 3 years leading up to her death. That puts this photo somewhere between 1926-1928. The sordid detail around her death and a peek into the unusual expectations of a Follies girl can be read here: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19291020&id=AWBQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9w4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6381,3751350

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