I met her in Miami when she was staying with a neighbor. She sat by the pool drinking and smoking with a big hat and sunglasses. When I told my mum Veronica Lake was the name of old lady visiting next door Mum got all excited and made an excuse to go vist. I had no idea who she was. I was 8 yo.Never saw Mum so excited.

@CountryLifeEngland

5 ай бұрын

My mother was a fan of hers. Mum had a peakaboo hair style trying to look like Lake. She captured the heart of my dad with her peakaboo. In a strange twist of fate, without Lake’s screen presence I may never have been.

@suesaosa5526

5 ай бұрын

​@@CountryLifeEngland❤🤗🌟🙏thanks for sharing...✨💞

@Maldoror200

5 ай бұрын

@ rober..Excellent..Thx.., Cool story .!!

@Maldoror200

5 ай бұрын

​@suesaosa5526 ..Agree.., Strange observation..I LOOVED Her performance in "Blue Dahlia"..Fabulous Film-Noir..w/Alan Ladd..!!🎉❤

@ryanjordan7268

5 ай бұрын

Wow!!! ❤

I’m impressed that she was able to fly from California to NY on her own. That shows there was more to Veronica Lake than Hollywood. Maybe without fame she would have had a more fulfilling life.

@tigergreg8

5 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing, rather impressive she had a valid license to fly, but to do it solo. She was def a go getter in her time.

@paulazemeckis7835

5 ай бұрын

Flying planes back then were difficult. So many controls, instruments, many many parameters to manage! My respect to her. She was born 100 years too early. A lot of intelligent, ambitious women were discouraged to attain career satisfaction.

@janeaparis

5 ай бұрын

So true.

@shadowfilm7980

5 ай бұрын

She was smart. Talented in other ways too. Love her tenacity.

@bobboscarato1313

5 ай бұрын

@@shadowfilm7980 She just could not control her alcohol intake!

Sad, Veronica Lake was probably one of the most beautiful actresses ever to appear on the silver screen.

@finolaomurchu8217

5 ай бұрын

She was beautiful. And her mother had the looks, that she inherited. But the mother seemed to push her into the acting. It's a pity she chose lifestyle over her husband and young baby. Motherhood is a real blessing. Losing the second baby very tough. It would highlight the importance of Motherhood to most women.

@dianatracey6098

5 ай бұрын

lol are u joking ,,average no talent

@kenneth9874

5 ай бұрын

V​@@dianatracey6098awe...jealous?

@Jamietheroadrunner

5 ай бұрын

I’m gay and I’m honestly attracted to her! Stunning woman! She makes Margot Robbie look mid.

@BritainIsrael2024

5 ай бұрын

Nothing special really! Audrey Hepburn was beautiful.

Veronica had that classic beauty. So sad about her young son passing away. Alcohol was her solace. RIP

@finolaomurchu8217

5 ай бұрын

Very sad. I was wondering if the baby boy lived for several days after premature birth, would he have lived now.

@carl6352

5 ай бұрын

With sob stories, you can be sure booze and drugs were involved!

@michaellinner7772

3 ай бұрын

Alcohol is no one's solace. It's a bottomless pit of illusion.

@mariameere5807

3 ай бұрын

@@carl6352 addiction isn’t a choice though bc if it was people would “choose” to stop when it makes life hell for them and their loved ones! But they can’t as it doesn’t work that way! But I understand your viewpoint and your lucky that you have never been through the hell of it. I have and died from an overdose which showed me the best high ever…. Spiritually awakening! After 3 days in a coma it was hell being back in my body and the doctors were telling me that I would loose my legs from injecting and I knew differently but I had been healed during my time in the light but it took all the strength I had to go through cold turkey bc I was too ill for methadone to stay in my system and I was in hospital for a year but a year after coming out of hospital I had gotten away from the pimp that had injected me in my sleep and I had a beautiful Japanese spitz dog and was jogging with her on the leg’s that needed 17 surgeries to get all the infection out of my bones so I would like to say to anyone with a serious diagnosis that they shouldn’t take the white coat’s of the doctor as the big part we are brought up to take so seriously when it comes to our attitude’s about whether or not we are going to live or die and I recommend a ted talk by a doctor on whether the mind can heal the body from terminal illness here on KZread! Blessings to you 🙏 🌺🕊🤍🕊🌺

@bigredc222

3 ай бұрын

Alcohol took out so many actors of her generation. Sullivan's travels is a great movie.

She was so beautiful. Wow.

@Factinate

5 ай бұрын

She really was.

In my early teens (during the early sixties) my Mom asked me who my favorite Hollywood starlit was and I answered "Veronica Lake". She asked me how I came to that opinion and I told her that the first time I saw a facial profile of her I was "in love". Ah, such are the fantasies of a prepubescent lad. She was a beauty with such a voice ... melted my soul. I hope that Ms. Lake is peacefully at rest. Thank you for such an informative and direct video. 👍

@XX-qd6ke

2 ай бұрын

I fell in love with her the first time I ever laid eyes on her as a kid. I'm now 62, and she still makes my heart skip a beat....

@GoldenAgeCelebrities-jb6hu

Ай бұрын

What she left behind is truly a legacy

@dwightjohn1014

Ай бұрын

To this day, everytime I see her face, I fall in love all over again...

She flew solo from LA to NY in 1952? That's actually pretty impressive.

@dylanconnolly9942

3 ай бұрын

Things simpletons say.

@natilyfe

3 ай бұрын

@@dylanconnolly9942 I'm not a simpleton. It's impressive because she was an actress, not a professional pilot. There was no gps and inertial navigation was still being developed in the early 50s. So she would have only had radio navigation, visual cues, and celestial navigation while flying solo. You probably can't even make your way across your own state without a phone/Google maps lol.

@angenequenash5180

Ай бұрын

@@natilyfeYes I agree

@Lisa-pl6gv

Ай бұрын

I thought so too. Getting a pilot's license takes courage and dedication.

@normatible9795

18 күн бұрын

What simpletons u talking about? Veronica knew aviation ,geography and science ​@@dylanconnolly9942

She was great in "I Married A Witch" one of the best screwball comedies out there.

@rongendron8705

5 ай бұрын

The impetus for t.v.'s "Bewitched"!

@hollyegee2199

5 ай бұрын

One of my fave fun movies!

@marknewton6984

5 ай бұрын

Love that film!

@Anne--Marie

5 ай бұрын

Yes she was!

@nihilioellipsis

4 ай бұрын

Totally. It really ceeated a fantasy world where she was credible as a unique whimsical witch.

In the early 1960's, my sister's friend's father, was a bartender for a posh NYC bar He said that Veronica Lake would come in, almost nightly, to drink alone! She would then walk back home, to her hotel! He said that she was nearly unrecognizable, from her former self. This 'shocked' me as a fan, because we still remembered her, in her 'heyday'! Until I saw this video, I had no idea that she was still a teenager, during that time! R,.I.P.

@janetbransdon3742

5 ай бұрын

One eye covered can also be a Satanic sign.

@FallenAngel9979

5 ай бұрын

@@janetbransdon3742What a load of rubbish

@mrsthursday

4 ай бұрын

​@@janetbransdon3742silly😁

@kathierouse6046

4 ай бұрын

​@@janetbransdon3742 That is so true! I thought of that like you. I have grown aware of Hellywood for ten years now. TinselTown has always been full of corruption. My paternal grandmother told me that her father predicted that the movie industry would be America's undoing. He was so right!

@timebot000

4 ай бұрын

​@@janetbransdon3742 ........she might have signed off to lucifer and been to a 'party' or two, barely escaping.

A very well-done video, covering the major points of Miss Lake's life without sensationalizing her sorrows.

@JoeKoOhNo

5 ай бұрын

Terrible video Terrible narration.

@garysmith1863

4 ай бұрын

good enough to make the viewer forgive the clickbait title

@Bittersweet.Symphony.

4 ай бұрын

'without sensationalizing her sorrows' 🤣you're kidding right.100% clickbait nonsense

@lindasue263

3 ай бұрын

Half of what was said were lies!

I watched some of her movies. She was gorgeous and I couldn't take my eyes off her. She had a beautiful voice. It's so sad about her self-esteem issues. 😢

@user-eh3zv1ex5o

5 ай бұрын

It's hard to be beautiful, surrounded by dark, ugly hearts. She never met the right man, who she could lean on.

@leslieannvanhumbeck7630

5 ай бұрын

@@user-eh3zv1ex5o true

@memphisward

4 ай бұрын

Beautiful talking voice

She was a child when her mother peddled her into the industry. How was she supposed to behave without anyone trustworthy to guide her? So beautiful but exploited.

@sandranorman5469

5 ай бұрын

Reminds me of the scene from The Godfather, where the stage mother glares at Tom Hagen as she tries to wipe her daughter’s face off. 15:20

@bobboscarato1313

5 ай бұрын

During the depression many youngsters were pushed to Hollywood for fame, glory and money!

@JobyJoby-iw2wr

4 ай бұрын

Sex trafficked.....

@muffs55mercury61

4 ай бұрын

Yep same for Lana Turner, Judy Garland, Rita Hayworth & others. Parents wanting to make money off their children.

@michaelsix9684

4 ай бұрын

it happens a lot, stage moms still exist

No one knows the inner working of a family. It sounds far more plausible that her very cruel mother inflicted so much psychological trauma that she literally drove her mad. This is re-enforced by the mother discussing her mental state as though she herself had nothing to do with it.

@mrnelsonius5631

4 ай бұрын

Exactly. Veronica’s mother sounds like a narcissist that left Veronica damaged. Veronica’s behavior doesn’t sound “schizophrenic” it sounds more like complex PTSD/personality disorder (and alcoholism of course) which can both be induced by severe childhood trauma.

@americasariesson1862

3 ай бұрын

Way before the condition of cptsd from repetitive trauma and chronic psychological stress was identified. A cruel pathologically critical parent who lives through their kid demanding perfection really does a life long number

@americasariesson1862

3 ай бұрын

@@mrnelsonius5631Guess we were thinking alike 👍🏻

She was my great aunt. 💜

@aeonsbeyond

3 ай бұрын

Nice to meet you I hope you have a less painful tragedy life in your end of the family but Stay away from the booze Samantha

@samanthalake5011

3 ай бұрын

@@aeonsbeyond Thank you! I do stay away from it. Alcoholism runs in my family and I want no part of it. 😏

@skylarsartnphotography3450

3 ай бұрын

Hollywood seems like one of those things that only looks like it may be glamorous, but not so at all. I remember your great aunt in movies, Samantha and she was beautiful. A good actress too. May she rest in peace ❤

@thomasmcdonnell4760

2 ай бұрын

She was so beautiful. ❤

@mariarohmer2374

2 ай бұрын

Don't you find this video extremely rude? I'm appalled.

She took off from Hollywood and you call her damaged ? NO, she was smart..

@pamelafrye4667

4 ай бұрын

AMEN 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@whiteyfisk9769

4 ай бұрын

Cool it with the anti-semitic remarks

@anonymoususer1008

4 ай бұрын

@@whiteyfisk9769do you actually know what anti-semitism is because there’s none of that here except in your weird imagination.

@anonymoususer1008

4 ай бұрын

She actually left because her husband had ruined her career by turning down movie roles for her without telling her. She had a pilots license and used the plane she had bought for him to fly from LA to NY. Despite what you are hearing she says she was happy with her life in NY and was paying $1900 a month rent which is like $4,000 in today’s money.

@pamelafrye4667

4 ай бұрын

@@anonymoususer1008 NONE of US actually KNOW any of the TRUTH behind her life in Hollyweird that she LEFT BEHIND because WE WEREN'T THERE!!!!!!! BUT, I guarantee 💯 she was much BETTER OFF LEAVING Hollyweird rather than staying in that CESS POOL!!!!!!!!

im 76 now remembering Veronica's movies..her flawless complexion,beautiful features, and smooth way like sade gliding across tthe stage showin her beauty&grace.lookin at todays female actors im certain we will never see anything like her again❤

@pamelafrye4667

4 ай бұрын

AMEN 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 I miss those days of the grace & being more wholesome...Being more of a young lady with charm & elegance 🙏 ❤...

@scoutman

4 ай бұрын

@@pamelafrye4667 we had bonnie n clyde too pam...now we have the xiew🤣their collective IQ

@skylarsartnphotography3450

3 ай бұрын

​@@scoutmanI never pay any attention to the modern stuff, but I do feel sorry for the babies being born today and children growing up. They will never even know what all they have missed out on in their growing years

@scoutman

3 ай бұрын

@skylarsartnphotography3450 left america 7years ago.just finished building self sustaing home in jungle,solar,deep well..2brother 1st cavalry vietnam vets.2lovely sweet filipinas look after us.we ARE 2of the luckiest guys on the planet.we spend our days training,the beach 20 minute drive...VIRTUALLY NO HUMANS IN SIGHT..,watching you tube old movies n looney tunes,5dogs5cats....so what's missing?nuthin...we are 2jersey homeboys livin the dream.. today's kids are lost..the values,we grew up gettin in fights,not gettin guns n killin classmates cause our feelings got hurt.we had CYO dances,slow songs we held our girls tight..lemon ice,pizza,burgers off the grill,n dogs all the way..no BKs,no micky Ds,no domino's or pizza hut,no fast food joints...time to get up n make barako our filipino brand roast in my expesso pot..grind my beans livin the dream

@scoutman

3 ай бұрын

@skylarsartnphotography3450 hi sky..I left america almost 8yrs ago.im a half hr from the south china sea.we aren't hooked up to electric or water..solar& well..paradise or the next best thing to not bein in the country I almost died for not countin the KIAs n wounded we loaded onto choppers in ponchos.america I grew up in gone 4ever.a fkin tragedy ..puttin biden out of commission won't do it..whoever is pullin that geezers rip cord is americas enemy in charge

Veronica was talented and Stunningly Beautiful. Good actress that was versatile, able to do Drama and Comedic roles. I had a great crush on her and was always keen to see her movies. By the time I started watching them her career was already over. I didn't know that as a kid. But it explained why I didn't see her any longer in newer movies. Her Face, Hair and Physique was awesome. She was one of the Hollywood Female Stars that demonstrated to me the image of what a Woman truly was. Absolutely Loved her. So sorry to hear of her challenges in life. May She Rest In Peace.

My grandmother always told me I looked like Veronica Lake with my hair draped over one eye...now I see why!!! But I've had a much more sedate life!!!

@sharynkoren2054

5 ай бұрын

My dad said the same thing about me! I had the same hair cut

@petersavage5885

5 ай бұрын

Really? Anywhere I can see your picture? 😍

@Porsche996driver

5 ай бұрын

God bless you. ✨

@scoutman

5 ай бұрын

wow lucky ladies to have been blessed with good looks..i remember bein a young soldier stationed in korea went on pass to village saw a korean gal with her hair covered half her face..i was smitten😂thinkin she looked like nancy kwan

These stars always have such tragic back stories. I wonder if there exists even one star from this time period who had a happy career and family?! Good memories watching this, as my Mom was a big fan of Lake's. She really was stunning.

@andrewthornhill7042

5 ай бұрын

@vialogan James Stewart perhaps?

@shimmerwave5784

5 ай бұрын

Google it

@mattskustomkreations

5 ай бұрын

That’s exactly who I was going to say.

@marygoodson4920

5 ай бұрын

Jimmy Stewart and Gary Cooper come to mind for happy, supportive childhoods.

@JuhiSRK

5 ай бұрын

​@@andrewthornhill7042Actually, he was an alcoholic. My Father was a police officer who was a guard on the set of the movie "Fool's Parade". It was a hard drinking group. Stewart's drink of choice, according to my Father, was Wild Turkey. A lot of it.

Poor Veronica... Everyone putting such harsh veiws on her social life, however being a 16 year old being forced into very adult situations- acting, marriage, children-when other girls her age- then as well as now- would be at clibs, parties, or at least their friends house, enjoying the youth she apparently never was allowed to take part in.

Nice job. Truly one of Hollywood's saddest stories.

@wa1ufo

5 ай бұрын

Yes, I think she was extremely intelligent having been an acomplished pilot, probably out of her element in Hollywood back then.

@oldfartatplay

3 ай бұрын

I'm 80. When I was 8 years old, I had a huge crush on Veronica Lake.😍

This reminds me of Dorothy Lamore. She was one of the most famous actresses in the world and helped raise $millions in War Bonds. While Hope & Crosby and the studio got rich, she was paid a few thousand a film, and when the Road series was ended she wound up working as a waitress. Hope saw her there one day and said, "Dottie, what are you doing here?" She told him she had to eat. Hope was enraged and supported her for the rest of her life. They say Bob was one guy you didn't want to cross. Good for him. If more people had a fully functional spine it would be a better world. 🇺🇲

@SlimKeith11

4 ай бұрын

This is NOT the same, Lake couldn't work in Hollywood because of her alcoholism and a very bad reputation on set , that's FAR different than Dorothy Lamore. You can't watch a 5 minute video and pretend you know diddly squat about these people. It's creepy, did you go to school???

She was absolutely, naturally gorgeous and she was talented. Very sad.

@ezsmith3765

3 ай бұрын

Not as sad as ugly and no talent. But many of those type of common folk have a peace of mind that the celebrities often lack. Isn’t that strange?

It reminds me of a movie with Ginger Rogers where the lead character pretends to be a teenager and winds up under the protection of the main male character at a military school. At one point there is a dance between the students of the Academy and a nearby girls school. EVERY ONE OF THE GIRLS is sporting the VERONICA LAKE HAIRDO. The movie is called "The Major and the Minor." I am truly sorry this lovely woman faced so much unhappiness. But she was a survivor. She was able to live a simple life.

@user-fq8rs7rz3i

5 ай бұрын

I’ve got that film on dvd. I loved it. I’m gonna watch it again if I can find it.❤

@sagbrady8414

5 ай бұрын

I love that movie

@marianparoo1544

5 ай бұрын

Great movie. Saw it on the Early Show. Showing my age!

@dchaz3.0dacan18

5 ай бұрын

That clip is on KZread.

@patrickryan1515

5 ай бұрын

Anytime I hear of Veronica Lake I think of that scene.

I had no idea Veronica Lake had such a tragic life. I'm glad we can still appreciate her films.

I always adored Veronica Lake, she was beautiful. I never realized she had such a crummy life. Poor girl.

She was stunningly beautiful

@paulazemeckis7835

5 ай бұрын

And intelligent and talented just to name a few attributes. We are in 2024 so we no longer judge the talent of actresses that includes looks.

This omits one even more bizarre turn. She moved to the UK and settled in Ipswich. She married a naval captain there in 1972 but the marriage barely lasted a year. She moved back to the US in 1973 and died the same year.

@laurids2007

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

💚✌🏽Another story where insight,compassion,and understanding may have changed a life.

@user-eh3zv1ex5o

5 ай бұрын

None of those traits exist in Hollywood.

@pamelafrye4667

4 ай бұрын

AMEN 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

I've always enjoyed her films. I had no idea she had such a tragic life. Thanks for presenting her story.

I worked with a wonderful woman/ artist whose father was Veronica’s first husband. Such a sweet person.

A well compiled documentary, and good narration. Veronica was certainly a stunner. Thanks for sharing .......

Beautifully done! Thank you so much ❤

@Factinate

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@mariameere5807

4 ай бұрын

@@Factinate you are so welcome 🙏

@Skr8955-f3c

3 ай бұрын

@@Factinate You should be ashamed of saying her mother "diagnosed" her as anything!!!! Defamation!

Ppl and especially Hollywood can be too cruel, she was a beauty even in her older years. She had something rare, intelligence, charisma, beauty and wits.

apparently she worked as a waitress in Galveston Texas for a brief while.

Thanks for a well-done, non-exploitive, and sympathetic video. Good work!

@victorialn63

5 ай бұрын

Joel McCray; not McCree.

@bobboscarato1313

5 ай бұрын

@@victorialn63 Joel McRae!

If she was schizophrenic, it was a very mild case. Possibly bipolar though I’d say she coped well in the male dominated cinema world.

@claireseyeviewonredbubble

5 ай бұрын

Yes, I don't know if a schizophrenia diagnosis then meant the same thing as it would today. Being schizophrenic she'd hear voices speaking to her loud and clear that no one else would, and believe them to be real people. It would have been too distracting, interupting her concentration, preventing her working in films.

@bobboscarato1313

5 ай бұрын

Schizophrenic/bipolar can fake moods and sometimes they act very normal and other times they fly of the handle so to speak!

@naturalobserver1322

5 ай бұрын

Yea, I'm sure she would have been a dream to work with if Hollywood was female dominated. 😁

@egrogan6482

5 ай бұрын

According to her mother, she was diagnosed as schizophrenic when she was 15 y.o. People with that condition usually show symptoms in mid to late teens so it sounds about right.

@naturalobserver1322

5 ай бұрын

It's absolutely amazing how many comments are blocked by you tube that even mildly disagree with the woke narrative.🙄

Veronica reminds me of Frances Farmer in many ways.

@TenderhornH

5 ай бұрын

I totally agree with you deegee8437

@ashleywalker1411

5 ай бұрын

She payed a great witch. 🎬🕯

@bobboscarato1313

5 ай бұрын

Yes beauty and alcohol!

@fernandomaron87

4 ай бұрын

​@@bobboscarato1313and mental health problems unfortunetly.

@SlimKeith11

4 ай бұрын

They were both mentally ill and suffered from alcoholism, they were both HIGHLY self destructive people as well. They weren't saints, they were talented and deeply troubled women. Everyone wants to make them saints.

What’s so bazaar about a woman flying a plane? She sounds amazing to me.

@CJ-jq4lv

5 ай бұрын

It was back then.

@bobboscarato1313

5 ай бұрын

Bizarre!

@grissomnumber1

5 ай бұрын

Yeah. Look at Amelia Earhart

@Life-Row-Toll

4 ай бұрын

It's more or less the 'why' and 'how' she did it.

Great video! A tragic, sad, yet fascinating story. Seeing the photos from early in Veronica Lake's acting career you can see that she's very young, maybe too young. I saw her interview with Dick Cavett which is also on You Tube and Miss Lake came across as an intelligent, articulate woman. Too I think that in most of the photos from her later years she was quite attractive. --- The way Veronica Lake was found working in a hotel reminds me of Frances Farmer who went into obscurity after Hollywood. As I recall she worked in a hotel laundry and also worked in a small-town photography studio as an assistant. Eventually she was recognized and was back in the public eye, spending her final years work at an Indianapolis TV station and having her own show.

I always thought she was so beautiful and she was!!! I discovered the V L hairstyle in the 70's I will always remember the great VL zxx❤

My father was smitten with her and named me Veronica. It’s interesting to learn more about her. Thanks!

Would anyone feel secure if they were valued for just one thing, especially physical beauty, which is notoriously fleeting. Yes she was beautiful but nobody actually seemed to care about who she was inside. Did she feel trapped by her image? I think so. If she could fly solo, there was much more to her than just a glossy surface. A very, very sad story. Great documentary.

@pamelafrye4667

4 ай бұрын

AMEN 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

@mrlukeplease

3 ай бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking.

@pamelafrye4667

3 ай бұрын

It also reminds me of my generation & being raised by my parents' generation & being TAUGHT to NOT JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER!!!! Somewhere along the line & with technology i.e. cell phones, social media & with our society & government TURNING AWAY from God & our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ 🙏 🙏, MANY have LOST their WAY & our Country/Nation & World has become WORSE than Sodom & Gomorrah was 😢 🙏...

Absolutely fascinating insight. Amazing as well.

@Factinate

5 ай бұрын

Much appreciated!

Bowie based his original 'man who sold the world ' album cover on Veronica Lake. It was never released in America but you can see it online, the resemblance is amazing.

I think I would like to know more about Veronica Lake. I'll check out her book if it's still in publication. She was beautiful & tragic. Great video as always. I really enjoy this channel & hearing about all the older stars who are forgotten for the most part. Thank for giving them some recognition.

@lorihoop3831

5 ай бұрын

Archive . org. is a good site for reading out of print books for free

@CarmelitasNannyGoat

2 ай бұрын

There’s a really good podcast episode about her - it’s called You Must Remember This, episode 96.

“Chaos came courting” is probably going to become one of my new favorite turns of phrase.

I was surprised that she had a pilots license. You have to be fairly smart especially to fly from LA to New York!

Even if she really was schizophrenic, that doesn't absolve her mother from her actions. I don't think Veronica wanted to be an actress. She even told her parents that at a young age. She did get a pilot's license. Maybe she would have been much happier being employed that way. But her mother pushed her into it and Veronica got sucked into the great cesspool that is Hollywood.

@bobbys4327

5 ай бұрын

And like the rest of the beautiful stars of that era, she probably had to warm the casting couch.

@user-eh3zv1ex5o

5 ай бұрын

@@bobbys4327I doubt she did that. Which is why she was seen as "difficult.".....she scorned their leering intentions.

@chaimomma9198

4 ай бұрын

Jesus eventually everyone has schizophrenia in Hollywood hasn’t anyone noticed

This doco did not mention her metal illness until the last minute or so, which is a massive oversight. She was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1938 at age 15. There was very little effective treatment for the condition until about the 1960s. Severe cases were instituionalised, but less severe cases like VL's were left to get through life as best they could.

@indychapman

4 ай бұрын

Her mother was the one to level that accusation that I personally don’t believe. She was continually manipulated and controlled by her mother. I suspect there was much more going on that what we will ever know.

@skylarsartnphotography3450

3 ай бұрын

I wouldn't trust her mother

I seem to remember that her pinup photo was very popular among American servicemen during WWII. She was a “looker”.

@sandranorman5469

5 ай бұрын

My Dad said she was his favorite actor. He admired her craft. He would look on the tv (daily) and trying to see if the Steubenville channel was running one of her movies.

@jonowens460

4 ай бұрын

😮❤very Pretty 😍😍😍

@andrewstoakes8034

3 ай бұрын

I read recently that she was the actress with that hairstyle who the government asked to change it because so many women during the war went into factories wearing what is quite frankly a dangerous hairstyle. Amazing how much influence she had but that prompted me to find out more about her.

I really feel for her ; my mom never missed an opportunity to hurt me and betray me , and I know I'm really f*cked up from it and I'll never be right - you did the best that you could , Veronica , and I won't condemn you - RIP , Pretty Lady 🙏 ✝️🙏

@lisamackenzie8821

4 ай бұрын

Mikey That's a lie from the pit of hell that Satan wants you to keep believing. My parents didn't even care enough to abuse me. Mental/emotional neglect, and having a schizotypal diagnosis and a sister who abandoned me and is helping my Father's 5th wife steal my inheritance from him. And all my health issues. I feel so f'd up that most days I feel like un aliving if it weren't for the Lord Jesus Christ I would have went wackadoodle lol!!! So don't give up. He can help you where noone else can!!! He loves you and is waiting for you to ask him into your heart!!! He has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a SOUND MIND!!!❤

When Marlon Brando learned of Veronica's financial woes, he sent her a cheque for $1,000. Veronica simply put the cheque in a frame and placed it on her wall. She never forgot his kindness, despite her downward spiral. At the peak of her short-lived acclaim, she was utterly fabulous. "Sullivan's Travels" will always remain a favourite of mine.

@pamelafrye4667

4 ай бұрын

I would like for you to TRULY think 🤔 about the amount of money 💰 🤑 that Marlon Brando had & was worth in 1971 to say 1972...And, he ONLY sent her a check for $1,000.00 🤔 🤔...Hmmmm, I wouldn't have cashed his LOUSY check either!!!!!!!! I would have DEFINITELY kept that & FRAMED it as the REMINDER of exactly 💯 WHY I had left Hollyweird...PERIOD!!

@harveyabel1354

3 ай бұрын

That's what the video said!

Excellent video 📹!!! Thank you!!!

You made me cry. This biography really hurt. I totally find disgust for her mother who knew that she was schizophrenic yet pushed her into one of the worst occupations for someone with that diagnosis. She pushed her to be a star in Hollywood. One of the most shaky grounds to put anyone in. I feel so sorry for her. I also hate the reporter who tracked her down when she fled Hollywood. It was as if she didn't have a right to a life outside of that place. She might have led a happy life being a waitress with no pressure of being somebody else. That reporter should be damned.

TY Now a little bit of my childhood makes sense. I was in the 5th grade in 1970. A girl had a hairstyle that the teacher referred to as Veronica Lake. I never heard of her. The teach did.

Great job on this video! Keep up the good work. You are a great researcher, and you will keep getting better. I can only assume you are young, since you didn't know how to pronounce Joel M's name, as a few people in the comment section were more than happy to point out, LOL. Haters gonna hate, but I love your work. And I can't help but admit that, because I'm older, the same thing went through my mind when I heard you pronounce his name twice 😜. Hey, it happens to the best of us. Don't let it get you down. So many of us appreciate your work!! Hugs from an old California girl. 🤗🇲🇽

@Factinate

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your feedback here 😅

Thank you for such a wonderful look at a beautiful and amazing woman! So few moments of happiness and a lifetime of sadness. Hollywood has crushed many if not all!

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing. 😊

Good text, well done. None of the usual cliches "Life's rich tapestry" etc. Thank you

She is so good in “I Married a witch”, what a great actress.

@marknewton6984

5 ай бұрын

Great movie!

Good reporting!

I must agree! Your documentary was exceptional! Well done, and thank you! I didn’t realize there really was a Veronica Lake. 😊

It's such a sad realization that this lovely woman was suffering at such an early age, from a later diagnosed medical condition/schitzophrenia! What an unfortunate ending for such a lovely, beautiful woman. Veronica Lake, RIP!💃🌹

The only thing I ever really knew about her was she was the actress with the great long hair often covering one eye in a sexy way. I loved that she had a different look compared to other actresses of her day - her hair was great and could be considered modern and up to today’s standards.

Good video. Well made. Good narration too. 👍👏

Thank you sooo much for this. She did have a very hard life, not dealt an easy hand, and did the best she could. Now I am going to watch her in "I wanted wings" on youtube :)

It’s so easy to insult someone. Out of jealousy or spite. But we don’t really know what’s inside that person. What THEY are going through. Like in her situation she had a very bad psychotic ailment called Schizophrenia! If only people knew. Then no wonder. I have to give her a lot of credit for her extreme level of tenacity. To go through all of that when she did. I think she was smart to leave Hollywood. Even though she also left her family. It must have been SO severe for her to then do that. I hope she is at peace in heaven. No one is perfect. No one. God judges from our hearts. Not what comes out of our mouths. Thank GOD for that!

Great info! Thank you

I'm always surprised by how short so many of these actresses were! Many of them were so slight and well proportioned that, in the absence of other people around them for comparison, they appeared much taller.

@Denise-kc8np

5 ай бұрын

And actors!

Dad used to call her Veronica pond,

She appeared to be so amazing. Such a shame Hollywood called her a bitch when there were male actors who behaved worse and were called commanding or ‘overbearing’ at worst. If she had received support and admiration that her male peers had received things would probably have been different.

@user-eh3zv1ex5o

5 ай бұрын

They hated her because she wasn't a blushing violet who could be seduced on the Director's couch. She was WAY ahead of her time, in misogynistic Hollywood.

A woman born out of time. This has made me more interested to look up more about Veronica Lake.

Thanks!

I think those appearances of her in her mid 40s still look quite nice. It's just a reflection of the ludicrous expectations of the time. For a woman who went through the stress of two divorced, a serious breakdown and above all the death of a child, years of heavy alcohol use, and who was no longer wealthy and thus had to really work for a living, she looks very good.

I wish she new how loved she was.

Thank you😊

EXCELLENT presentation! Thank you. Subscribed with a 'thumb's up'.

Joel McCrea is pronounced McCRAY. Rhymes with Gray. I did not know anything about her troubled mindset. New information to me. Thanks.👍🏻 P.S. Although her mother pushed her into the biz, she didn't safely guide her. Stage mothers are always cruel.

@petegregory517

5 ай бұрын

AI, not as great as touted, huh?

@smorgasbroad1132

5 ай бұрын

@@petegregory517Actual people are terrible at word/name pronunciation, unfortunately. And so AI will follow suit.

So sad a story. People are quick to judge people with mental health issues. They tell them "just get over it." Would you tell someone with cancer to "just get over it?" Surely not. Cancer can be seen and treated. Mental health issues can't be seen with an MRI or xray and treated, they are hidden and very hard to find the roots and treated. My we have mercy on those with mental health issues.

I haven't seen to many Lake movies but what I have seen, she seemed way ahead of her time. She was a lot more contemporary in her acting than other actresses of the time.

I absolutely, gotta see some of her movies now.

Very beautiful lady. It's a shame another person was damaged by Hollywood.

It's unfortunate she had such a tough life. She was very beautiful. Just wow.

This was very well put-together; I have always been a fan of Veronica Lake, and loved her films with Alan Ladd and Joel McCrea.

This was a brief but excellent documentary.

It seems like alcohol ruined so many Hollywood stars lives. When you notice in the movies of the 40's and 50's alcohol is always offered no matter what time of day. What will ya have is the greeting at the door.

@frenchartantiquesparis424

5 ай бұрын

that and cigarettes, many died from lung cancer

@user-eh3zv1ex5o

5 ай бұрын

Alcohol, the Number One drug of all time.....freely available at most public outlets. Responsible for more crimes than one could count.....but hey, on Lunatic Asylum Island (Planet Earth), it's all good.... "Make it a Double. That's a good man."......hypocrites all. From the President to the Judges to the Cops to the Priests.... Cheers !

@gforceeatingcorrect

5 ай бұрын

With a cigarette always a cigarette cigarette cigarette cigarette

@pneumaticman5927

5 ай бұрын

That’s no joke. My grandmother was a true society grand dame, and was born in 1896. She always wore a suit or dress - even at 98 years old - and cocktails always greeted guests at the door.

@muffs55mercury61

4 ай бұрын

Heavy smoking too was the norm and so many were taken by heart attacks at an early age or lung cancer.

Veronica Lake (1922 - 1973) age 50 David Bowie circa 1971 looked just like Veronica Lake with his hairstyle !!!!

✨️. Thank you for this video. Just want to say that it would be good to hear Veronica Lakes side of the story 😊

@jamesredman1263

4 ай бұрын

She wrote an autobiography, "Veronica." Amazon has it in both paperback and Kindle format. Also Dick Cavett interviewed her in 1971, and it's on YT.

@harveyabel1354

3 ай бұрын

@@jamesredman1263 The book is mentioned in the video.

❤ thanks

Very well done. 👍

I read her book and I love it. I remember reading she became a pilot. I have her picture in my office and since I grew up in SoCal I'd stop by Sunset BLVD and take a picture of her star - which I cut out and placed it in the picture in my office. I always thought she was pretty even later on in her years. 🤙

@sandradee1579

Ай бұрын

That's nice of you to do. I also read her book & took away that Hollywood held nothing for her & she had no regrets in her decision. What I found sad was when she passed her cremation remains went unclaimed for years at a funeral home in NY.

Did anyone come out of Hollywood unhurt? 😮

@tiffanyeyoung1800

4 ай бұрын

Very few

Great video! What a sad story - I never knew how troubled her personal life was. I actually really like I Married a Witch. It’s a charming and quirky film and a great one to watch around Halloween. I like to pair it with Arsenic and Old Lace 🎃🧙‍♀️👻

I have a close friend who developed schizophrenia at age 19. He takes medication, but also drinks to deal with it. Lake was both talented and gorgeously beautiful.

She had to change her hair when women were needed in the work force during WWII. The hair over one eye was dangerous so she created a new trend for a while.

Check out the GENIUS of HEDDY LAMAR

@dumfriesspearhead7398

5 ай бұрын

Inventor of the basis behind WiFi.

@tomfilipiak3511

5 ай бұрын

Hedy Lamar,the most beautiful of all of them,WOW!

@bobboscarato1313

5 ай бұрын

@@tomfilipiak3511 She was very wealthy but was a kleptomaniac!

Wow. Finally - A WELL DONE -- Piece on the "net".I'm an authority on classic cinema , and didn't know how bad she became near here death. Definitely worth watching especially if you're a Veronica Lake fan........!

Thank you for your hard work and loving report. Ms. Lake, even though she could not grasp it, was a brilliant star and what we might call today, an influencer. But there was a certain era of Hollywood where egoists, narcissists, and opportunists exploited with impunity. Not that it is much different now, only that IF there was a #MeToo movement back then, it's likely the industry would have had to shut down completely and we'd all be reading books.

Veronica Lake did so many great films ( especially the noirs with Alan Ladd). If I would name my personal favorite actresses from the 30’s and 40’s, she is my second favorite, only trailing Myrna Loy.