Francis Farmer

In class the other day we went to the library so that we could learn from the librarian how to research information using databases and scholarly recourses such as Galileo, Ebsco Host and Google scholar. After the librarian showed us how to use the sources to our advantage we used what we had learnde to research our own subject. the subject (person)that I choose to research was Francis Farmer, whom was mentioned in an article that we read in class.Although there was much information on nonscholarly databases about Francis Farmer I found little information on Francis Farmer using the databases I had seen the librarian use. this is the information I found using some of the databases the librarian showed me.
Francis Farmer was an actress in the mid 1930’s. “The story of the rapid rise and tragic descent of Frances Farmer, the 1930's Hollywood actress, has been told before -- most memorably in the 1982 film ''Frances,'' starring Jessica Lange. It would be hard for any actress to compete with Ms. Lange's heartbreaking performance…” (Hoban 17). Francis Farmer was the rock star of her day. She went through the classic quick rise to fame, controversial views, diminishing mental stability, big comeback, then tragic death ( she died from Esophageal cancer).