Books
In Billy Wilder’s film “Sunset Boulevard,” the aging Norma Desmond is a Hollywood heroine who always seems incomparable.
May 6, 1990
Norma: The Story of Norma Shearer by Lawrence J. Quirk (St.
Aug. 1, 1988
Movies
Norma Shearer is best remembered as the lovely wife who must compete with Joan Crawford, her husband’s hard-as-nails mistress, in “The Women” (1939).
July 21, 1986
California
Norma Shearer’s monogrammed silk sheets, a Charlie Chaplin bowler — many entertainment-world treasures long lie forgotten in L.A.’s attics and garages. About 400 will be up for auction Sunday.
Nov. 18, 2012
Martin Jacques Arrouge; Married Norma Shearer Martin Jacques “Marti” Arrouge, 85, the ski instructor who married screen legend Norma Shearer.
Aug. 30, 1999
Although divorce and adultery may seem odd subjects for a post-Valentine’s Day rental, stick with “The Women” for a range of views on love, most of them quite sensible, and a surprisingly happy ending, with a few tears and plenty of laughs along the way.
Feb. 16, 1995
I am writing to express my outrage at Mickey Rooney’s purported autobiography (“Life Is Too Short, April 14), most of which is made up of fabrication, of what he would have liked things to be.
May 19, 1991
A Norma Shearer silent, film noir from Argentina and a classic Richard Pryor comedy TV special are among the rarities at this year’s Festival of Preservation.
April 3, 2024
Los Angeles’ Hollywood legacy is an auction house dream
British-born Gavin Lambert was an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, a movie director and a respected biographer of such Hollywood legends as Natalie Wood and Norma Shearer.
Jan. 23, 2006