That sharp look silver screen silent starlet is giving your way is Betty Compson, a silent screen diva who turned her hand to producing after her run in front of the camera ended.
Her career is perhaps best summed up by La Compson herself:
"My wickedness has kept me going. I wouldn't have lasted more than five years, possibly not that long, as an ingenue. Yet you cannot call my girl a stereotyped vamp. She has a business, a 'racket' of some sort, whereas the vamp's only occupation consists of breaking up homes. My girl, unless moved by jealously, doesn't stoop to such petty tricks. She never does dirty work just to be mean. She has no yellow streaks. Often she is a victim of circumstances. She is morally 'bad' through love, or she is placed among crooks and knows no better life."Such was life during The Depression one supposes.
But just to bring a smile to your face Betty sings and dances her way, along with a panoply of Hollywood stars in this clip from the film The Show Of Shows.
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