S he was a recluse--and an ugly one at that--but in her heyday she was a star.2 No one missed her films. She was in every column. She couldn'twalk the streets without being mauled by autograph-hungry hounds.3 There she was--Lana Lawn--Queen ofthe silents4. Until the movies began to speak and she fadedquickly into obscurity--but not until she paid hefty moneyto create a well-known studio to take advantage of thosewho could talk and talk well.