Case in point: Ouida Bergere Rathbone, who has inspired three recent Old News columns, is less dead than her mother. Both women are, literally, equally dead. Ouida died on Nov. 29, 1974 ...

Our Old News about Ouida Bergere Rathbone (18??-1974) began with a Little Rock girl named Eula May Branch whose acting ambitions led to a significant enough career writing silent movies.