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The Strange Fame of Frances Farmer, Part Two

The Strange Fame of Frances Farmer, Part Two

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Mar 01, 2007
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(Part two of the Siren's thoughts on Frances Farmer, fact and fiction. Part one is here.)

Come and Get It (1936) is a tale of the Wisconsin logging industry. Frances Farmer begins the movie as Lotta Morgan, a melancholy singing floozy at a loggers' beer hall, and ends it as Lotta Bostrom, the floozy's namesake daughter. Before we say anything else about …

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