Juanita Hansen: Poppies Will Make You Sleep
Juanita Hansen (1895-1961) was a local Los Angeles kid (originally from Iowa), who lucked out one day when she was cast in a supporting part in L. Frank Baum's movie version of The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914). This led to the lead, Queen Xixi of Ix, in Baum's following production The Magic Cloak of […]