I know we've covered film actress Barbara Payton previously....but here are photos that I've found recently that haven't appear in the
noirish Los Angeles thread.
Barbara Payton died in 1967 at age 39 after years of alcoholism, drug abuse and prostitution.
http://lisaburks.typepad.com/home/20...ography_c.html
http://www.nndb.com/people/430/000043301/
I thought I would start off with these dazzling studio portraits. Now for scenes from her real '
noirish' life in Los Angeles.
http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/F...Number=5049680
above: Ms. Payton preparing to testify in the Franchot Tone vs Tom Neal fight affair in 1951.
Franchot was her fiancee at the time and Tom Neal was her lover. This is one of her statements. "It was like this Mr. D.A., I turned around just in time to see Franchot flying through the air." Mr. Tone was in a 18 hour coma.
below: Barbara Payton arrives at the hospital to visit Franchot Tone circa 1951. (this is my favorite photo of the bunch)
I wonder if that's a script in her hand?
http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/
below: The year is still 1951 and Ms. Payton is now preparing to testify in the murder trial of a narcotics peddler.
She testified about the alibi of the suspected murderer Stanley Adams
http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/F...Number=5049681
Notice the flashbulbs littering the floor.
below: Franchot Tone and Barbara Payton.
http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/
below: Ms. Payton is beginning to look a little 'rough' in 1952. Here she is in divorce court (her marriage to Mr. Tone lasted 53 days...at that point she walked out and took up with Tom Neal again)
http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/
below: Ms. Payton's hard drinking begins to take a noticeable toll. Here she is with her attorney in 1955.
http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/
below: Ms. Payton sans makeup and wearing a fur coat 1955. I'm not sure why she's in court again...the caption at LAPL says something about having her purse stolen.
http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/F...Number=5049682
below: Barbara is looking better in 1958. Here she is preparing to testify in divorce court. She is divorcing her fourth husband George aka 'Tony' Provas. I would love to have that map behind her.
http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/
below: In 1962 Ms. Payton walked into Hollywood Station with bruises and scars.
http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/
http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/
Barbara Payton will be dead in five years.
These two photographs are almost always labeled as booking photos. They're not.
So I'm including this excerpt from UCLA.
http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/
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Here is the link to Jon Paul's excellent post on Barbara Payton.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=5112
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