for that brief moment time; Barbara Lamarr
& Coleen Moore  were toe-to-toe; the girl
who was too beautiful vs. the perfect flapper
at the box office; effectively ending her film
career in 1929, Moore maintained her    wealth
through astute investments, becoming a
partner in the investment       firm Merrill
Lynch. She later wrote a "how-to" book about
investing in the stock market. On January
30, 1926, La Marr died of complications
associated with tuberculosis and nephritis
at the age of 29. Her friend, film director    
Paul Bern, was with her when she died. Bern
died in a mysterious shooting six years later.