Marian Marsh

Actress, Marian Marsh, was born Violet Ethelred Krauth on Oct 17, 1913 in Trinidad, West Indies. Marsh died at the age of 93 on Nov 9, 2006 in Palm Desert, CA .

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Warner Archive: John Barrymore and Reunite in The Mad Genius (1931)

In a new release from Warner Archive, and John Barrymore follow up their partnership in Svengali (1931) with The Mad Genius (1931). This unusual drama is not quite as bizarre as the previous film, but is just as full of pre-code antics and Barrymore eccentricities. Barrymore is Ivan Ts... Read full article

Actress of the Month:

was one in a line of cute and almost child-like Precode actresses – think Alice White and more broadly Clara Bow. But it you watch her films it is obvious that she is something special. Marian was born Violet Krauth on October 17, 1913 in Trinidad. The family of four children mov... Read full article

Quotes on Life

On her early life: "My father and mother had started a chocolate candy factory in Trinidad. They did all the work themselves at first. From nothing, they built up a good trade. When World War I knocked the bottom out of his market, my father moved us to Boston. There he became vice president of a v... Read full article

Actress of the Month:

was one in a line of cute and almost child-like Precode actresses – think Alice White and more broadly Clara Bow. But it you watch her films it is obvious that she is something special. Marian was born Violet Krauth on October 17, 1913 in Trinidad. The family of four children mov... Read full article

Quotes on Life

On her early life: "My father and mother had started a chocolate candy factory in Trinidad. They did all the work themselves at first. From nothing, they built up a good trade. When World War I knocked the bottom out of his market, my father moved us to Boston. There he became vice president of a v... Read full article