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Plot Summary of Too Much Too Soon
"    Diana Barrymore was the daughter of actor John Barrymore, and poet "Michael Strange", which was the pen name of Blanche Oelrichs. Diana was born into a family of wealth, fame, and beauty, but she was never very close to the Barrymore side of her family. Sadly, Diana was never able to replicate her family's success. She received mainly negative reviews for her acting, and she began to get depressed. She became an alcoholic, and she began marrying and then divorcing on a regular basis. She had no luck when it came to the opposite sex, for example, she fell in love with playwright Tennessee Williams, but he was a homosexual.
    She acted mainly in B-grade movies, and died under mysterious circumstances. Tennessee Williams believed that she had been murdered by one of her boyfriends, but her death was officially listed as a suicide."

Nathaniel Ford, Resident Scholar



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Plot
job/profession: - actor/actress
Job/profession/poverty story Yes
Phys disability/mental struggle? Yes
Struggle with - alcohol
Period of greatest activity? - 1950+

Subject of Biography
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - actor/actress/producer
Age: - 20's-30's
Biography of famous person? Yes
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - American (!)
How sensitive is this person? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast - California
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion
Century: - 1930's-1950's

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Writer's slant towards subject: - very favorable
Story of entire life, or part? - story of nearly entire life
If this is a kid's book: - Age 16-Adult
Autobiography? Yes
Pictures/Illustrations? - A ton 16-20 B&W
How much dialogue in bio? - mostly dialog
A LOT of info about personal vices? Yes
Lot of titilating info about love life? Yes
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 26-50% of book
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