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.

We're talking about his second wife. In 1926, he married a far from vague woman named Ouida Bergère. Her elevated taste matched his, and she had already amassed considerable film credits as a ...