The Life Story of an Ugly Duckling

Title: The Life Story of an Ugly Duckling

Author: Dressler, Marie

Publication: New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1924.

Description: Autobiography of Marie Dressler, early 20th-century star of film and stage. First edition. Illustrated with 29 black-and-white full-page reproductions of photographs. Bound in publisher's full red cloth over boards, with lettering on the spine and cameo portrait of the author blind-embossed on the front cover. 8.5 x 5.75 inches; x, [2], 234, [2] pages (last leaf blank), [29] pages of plates. Light wear to the binding, front hinge starting, and a few small spots of soiling to the interior. Very Good. Marie Dressler (1868-1934; birth name: Leila Marie Koerber) began her acting career in theater, gaining success on Broadway and later also starring in Hollywood films. She played Tillie in Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914), the first full-length comedy film, alongside Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Min and Bill (1930).