The Inseparables: Images of Ann Dvorak & Leslie Fenton’s 1932 Honeymoon From Their Personal Scrapbook

by Christina Rice

In July of 1932, actress Ann Dvorak seemed to have the world at her feet. After making waves in the classic gangster film Scarface (1932), she became a contract payer at Warner Bros. and seemed poised for stardom. She had also met actor Leslie Fenton whom she married within weeks. The couple threw caution to the wind and breached Ann's studio contract by traveling abroad for eight months. The honeymoon would severely compromise Ann's standing at Warner Bros., but would also prove to be the most memorable time of her life. Over eighty years later, Ann's personal scrapbook of images from the honeymoon surfaced and was obtained by her biographer. "The Inseparables" presents over one hundred candid photos from Ann Dvorak and Leslie Fenton's journeys in 1932/33 as well as some of their later trips abroad. The images, most of which have never been seen before, give an intimate glimpse into the lives of two people during the most memorable periods of their marriage.

88 pages, Paperback

Published June 30, 2014

About the author

Christina Rice is a writer, librarian, and archivist who was born and bred in the greater Los Angeles region. While majoring in film at Cal State Fullerton in the 1990s, she began collecting memorabilia relating to actress Ann Dvorak which eventually lead her to document Dvorak's life, launch www.anndvorak.com, and ultimately write Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel (University Press of Kentucky, 2013). After obtaining an MLIS from San Jose State University in 2004, she began a career as a librarian with the Los Angeles Public Library the following year. Since 2009, she has overseen the library’s historic photo collection. In addition to authoring books on Ann Dvorak and Jane Russell, she has also written numerous issues of the My Little Pony comic book series (IDW Publishing) and was a contributor to the Eisen-nominated anthologies Femme Magnifique (Black Crown, 2018) and Where We Live (Image Comics, 2018). She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, writer Joshua Hale Fialkov, their daughter, and two adorable dogs.