This is my grandmother, Alyce Smith Morgan. She married James at a very early age. That is my mother, Donna, in her lap.
Alyce and Donna. 1937. Alyce was now divorced from James. James had custody of Donna(mom) This was taken at one of my mom's visits to Burbank, CA. to see her mom, Alyce.
Alyce on a photo shoot for MGM. Her photo shoot was on a plane tarmack with Leo the Lion. Leo was the lion that roared at the beginging of films. This is the last picture taken before she died from severe burns from a gas wall heater. Alyce was a Busby Berkeley Follies Girl in Hollywood Movies. Click here to learn about Busby Berkeley Follies
My mother, Donna. She was malnurished. The Catholic Sisters that were taking care of her for James, didn't feed her much.
Teenage Donna
Donna with her friends and neighbors.
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