- Was specially chosen by Fox as the star of their first-ever talkie, Mother Knows Best (1928)
- She rejected the lead role in The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929), which was later given to Norma Shearer and became one of Shearer's biggest early successes.
- Her 1928 marriage to stockbroker Logan Metcalf lasted less than three days.
- At the height of her fame she lived in 'The Cedars', a replica of a Spanish castle.
- Interviewed in "Talking to the Piano Player: Silent Film Stars, Writers and Directors Remember" by Stuart Oderman (BearManor Media).
- Profiled in "Speaking of Silents: First Ladies of the Screen" by William Drew, 1997.
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