This is a tribute to Bebe Daniels, courtesy of and by somerset45. Daniels was born in 1901 in Texas as the descendant of Spanish Royalty. By age 4, she had been in two stage plays, Squaw Man and Richard III. She first appeared in film in 1910, and that same year, at age 9, played Dorothy in the first version of The Wizard of Oz. In 1915, she was noticed by Hal Roach and 14 year old Bebe and H. Lloyd became an onscreen pair starting with the short silent "Giving Them Fits". Between 1915, and 1917, Bebe and Harold rolled out 80 short films for Hal Roach Studios. By 1919, Bebe had completed 200 films. She was now 18 and wanted to be seen as a serious dramatic actress. When approached by C. B. de Mille, she chose not to re-sign with Roach, and instead went with de Mille's Paramount Pictures. In 1920, de Mille placed her in 7 full length films, the first being "Why Change Your Wife" with G. Swanson. In 1922, de Mille starred her in North of the Rio Grande which nailed her career as a serious dramatic actress. By 1924, she had reached the top, starring with, and sharing billing with, R. Valentino in Monsieur Beaucaire. She was his love interest and received glowing reviews for her performance. At 23 she was a veteran, now having completed 240 films. As Hollywood was transitioning from silents to talkies in 1929, Bebe made only one film~Rio Rita with J. Boles. She sang Rio Rita for Victor and the song became a hit. Radio Pictures noticed her pleasant voice and in 1930 she was made a leading lady in 4 films. Radio Pictures leading man was Ben Lyon who appeared with her in a Radio Pictures film. Ben and Bebe were married before the end of 1930. Warner offered Radio (now RKO) a small fortune for Bebe's contract. By 1930, Bebe would be working with W. Beery, B. Keaton, E. G. Robinson, and Stan and Laurel. Now having a child, she slowed down and in 1932 only made Silver Dollar with Robinson, in '33 42nd Street, and loaned out to Universal, starred with J. Barrymore in Counselor at Law. In '34, her only film was Registered Nurse. When Bebe and Ben had finished their contract obligations with their studios, they walked away from Hollywood to England.During WWII, Ben signed with the British R.A.F. while Bebe appeared in stage plays~and became very popular in England. The BBC offered her a show during the war which became a public favorite. After the war, Bebe returned to California to produce films for H. Roach while Ben worked at 20th Century Fox ~his biggest accomplishment finding and signing N. J. Mortensen and giving her the professional name Marilyn Monroe. Ben and Bebe returned to England in 1948 where they had a tremendous success with another BBC radio show, Life with the Lyons, which ran for 10 years and starred the entire Lyon family. Bebe died suddenly in 1971 and the veteran of 300 films over 4 decades is interred in Hollywood. The musical accompaniment by Hal Kemp (rec. 1930) is mentioned only partly in the title, since DM filters won't accept it.