Dorothy Dandridge, Angel Face

Bad Investment Rual Steddiman my lawyer got me to invest in oil wells in Arizona.  Mel Parker my accountant, told me to not invest any more money in the oil wells.  Rual convinced me to put all my film projects and future film projects money into the oil wells. Evie and Van Johnson  Evie, Van Johnson's wife warned me to stop dealing with Rual. Ruby Dandridge My mother Ruby warned me; she told me that I should have put it into real estate. Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas paid to get out of it.  I was in it for four years. If it is possible for any human being to be like a haunted house, maybe that would be me. If it weren't for my belief in God, I'd think none of it was worthwhile...

"Hollywood's first authentic love goddess of color." Author , Earl Conrad Many of her close friends told her that her autobiography was a disgrace and should be kept quiet ~  Earl Conrad The Tragedies Legally evicted from my showcase home in the Hollywood Hills, lost fortune (due to poor investments in Arizona oil wells), retarded 19 year old daughter returned to me, in court to divorce second husband (Jack Denison)....All of these events converged with paralyzing swiftness, with crisis upon crisis.  At the end, all I wanted was to tale a long walk off Malibu Beach.  My career seemed crushed and over with. Desiring death more than anything.  Pills to pep up.  Pills to pipe down.  Pills taken Benzedrine (dangerous if overdosed).  Dexamil and Dexedrine (appetite deterrents).  Thyroid pills and digitalis.   More on and about the drugs Dorothy took Dorothy used 3 trucks from Bekins Van and Sto...

Benzedrine a habitual hallucinogenic drug  Benzedrine probably led Dorothy to a selfish indifference towards the common world everyone else lived in and a withering of love and affection for others.  Bennies (nickname for the drug) did not alter one's personality or distort one's perceptions of reality; they were, in that sense at least, morally acceptable. Of course, bennies had a tendency to ruin the body of the person using them. Benzedrine wasn't made a prescription drug until 1959, but by then the fad was already in decline, partly because people could see the damage that bennies were inflicting on their users, but perhaps even more because artistic and intellectual styles were changing.  Dexedrine.  Two important benefits.  One, effective in appetite control.  Two offered a renewed level of energy.   Interesting.  It is a stimulant widely prescribed by physicians for the treatment of ADHD (attention deficit hyperact...

1953 Cadillac Eldorado convertible (am not sure what color, so I chose one in Black and one in Red since both to me are colors men would choose). Farley Granger Peter Lawford The convertible Dorothy drove was either Peter Lawford's (her boyfriend at the time) or Farley Granger's.    (Jet -  July 2, 1953 ) (Jet - Nov 5, 1953 ) TO VIEW LARGER PHOTOS, CLICK ON PHOTO