“I’ve always been a dreamer of good dreams,” Veronica Lake once wrote. “Any bad dreams are turned away in mid-air.”
One of the defining sex symbols of the 1940s, Lake’s life at first glance does seem like the stuff dreams are made of: The beautiful blonde beauty queen. The extra plucked from obscurity and turned overnight into a Hollywood star. The otherworldly girl with the famous peekaboo hairdo. The star of film classics, including This Gun for Hire, The Blue Dahlia and Sullivan’s Travels.
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