The prospective writer must be the self-same Betsie. Unclear, however, is whether Ollie & Jack are subject matter for writing, persons potentially written to, or just simply noted and not related to writing. Absence of a period seems to throw the door open to a greater number of interpretations.
Ollie = Olive Thomas, Ziegfeld showgirl, model, and rising star of the silent screen Jack = Jack Pickford, silent film actor and brother of the rather more talented and successful Mary.
They married, he gave her syphillis, and she overdosed on mercury bichloride in Paris in 1920, the first of many Hollywood scandals.
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Who is writing, Ollie, Jack, or Betsie?
The prospective writer must be the self-same Betsie. Unclear, however, is whether Ollie & Jack are subject matter for writing, persons potentially written to, or just simply noted and not related to writing. Absence of a period seems to throw the door open to a greater number of interpretations.
Ollie = Olive Thomas, Ziegfeld showgirl, model, and rising star of the silent screen
Jack = Jack Pickford, silent film actor and brother of the rather more talented and successful Mary.
They married, he gave her syphillis, and she overdosed on mercury bichloride in Paris in 1920, the first of many Hollywood scandals.
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