Jennifer Ann Redmond is author of Silents of the Vamps: Bad Girls You Don’t Know–But Should, Southern Belle to Hollywood Hell: Corliss Palmer and Her Scandalous Rise and Fall, and Reels & Rivals: Sisters in Silent Film. Her work has been featured in Classic Images, Atlas Obscura, and the Library of Congress website.

• AcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Newport, Philadelphia, ManhattanChapter 2: A Union of GeniusChapter 3: Joan Strange BlythChapter 4: Personality Deb of 1938Chapter 5: The Barrymore BratChapter 6: The Diana Barrymore ShowChapter 7: Bob and MuzzyChapter 8: Too Much, Too LoudlyChapter 9: The BoyChapter 10: Nobody CaredSource NotesSelected BibliographyIndex

"Too Fast, Too Short: The Life of Diana Barrymore is the long-anticipated biography of a gifted actress whose career deserved to shine much more brightly. Author Jennifer Ann Redmond details the turbulent life of stage and screen star Diana Barrymore—her battles with addiction, family challenges, her relationship with her father, John Barrymore, and her self-doubts—making them accessible to readers. She also brings Diana's work to the fore, honoring her as an actress. It is high time Diana's full story was told, and now it is accomplished by a remarkable and empathetic author." - Laura Wagner, critic, author, and film historian "With her outstanding pedigree, Diana Barrymore should have had it all. Destined to act, she had success in films and on stage. A daughter of both Broadway and Newport, she knew everybody who was anybody, and at first all doors opened wide. But she also carried the Barrymore curse, and the promised fairy tale ended when she was thirty-eight. Redmond takes us on the wild roller coaster of her life. Too Fast, Too Short reveals her complex family, talent, relationships with famous friends, and her husbands and lovers. It is a complicated and remarkable story." - Robert Dance, author of Ferocious Ambition: Joan Crawford’s March to Stardom and The Savvy Sphinx: How Garbo Conquered Hollywood"‘The only sins I committed are sins against myself,’ said Diana Barrymore near the end of her brief, trainwrecked life. In Too Fast, Too Short, Jennifer Ann Redmond details the derailment with meticulous research and concise compassion, making Diana matter again." - David Stenn, author of Clara Bow: Runnin’ Wild "The short life of Diana Barrymore has been a magnet for lurid sensationalism since long before her death, but master biographer Jennifer Ann Redmond has unearthed the deeper history of this brilliant actress, doomed in childhood by emotional neglect, then as an adult by a family history of alcoholism. Redmond’s skillful writing and thorough research makes Too Fast, Too Short a gripping read, both for the serious-minded scholar and for the curl-up-with-a-good-book reader on the hunt for a gripping true story, told with unfailing insight and spot-on historical accuracy." - Terry Chester Shulman, author of Film’s First Family: The Untold Story of the Costellos

Jennifer Ann Redmond is author of Silents of the Vamps: Bad Girls You Don’t Know–But Should, Southern Belle to Hollywood Hell: Corliss Palmer and Her Scandalous Rise and Fall, and Reels & Rivals: Sisters in Silent Film. Her work has been featured in Classic Images, Atlas Obscura, and the Library of Congress website.

• AcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Newport, Philadelphia, ManhattanChapter 2: A Union of GeniusChapter 3: Joan Strange BlythChapter 4: Personality Deb of 1938Chapter 5: The Barrymore BratChapter 6: The Diana Barrymore ShowChapter 7: Bob and MuzzyChapter 8: Too Much, Too LoudlyChapter 9: The BoyChapter 10: Nobody CaredSource NotesSelected BibliographyIndex

"Too Fast, Too Short: The Life of Diana Barrymore is the long-anticipated biography of a gifted actress whose career deserved to shine much more brightly. Author Jennifer Ann Redmond details the turbulent life of stage and screen star Diana Barrymore—her battles with addiction, family challenges, her relationship with her father, John Barrymore, and her self-doubts—making them accessible to readers. She also brings Diana's work to the fore, honoring her as an actress. It is high time Diana's full story was told, and now it is accomplished by a remarkable and empathetic author." - Laura Wagner, critic, author, and film historian "With her outstanding pedigree, Diana Barrymore should have had it all. Destined to act, she had success in films and on stage. A daughter of both Broadway and Newport, she knew everybody who was anybody, and at first all doors opened wide. But she also carried the Barrymore curse, and the promised fairy tale ended when she was thirty-eight. Redmond takes us on the wild roller coaster of her life. Too Fast, Too Short reveals her complex family, talent, relationships with famous friends, and her husbands and lovers. It is a complicated and remarkable story." - Robert Dance, author of Ferocious Ambition: Joan Crawford’s March to Stardom and The Savvy Sphinx: How Garbo Conquered Hollywood"‘The only sins I committed are sins against myself,’ said Diana Barrymore near the end of her brief, trainwrecked life. In Too Fast, Too Short, Jennifer Ann Redmond details the derailment with meticulous research and concise compassion, making Diana matter again." - David Stenn, author of Clara Bow: Runnin’ Wild "The short life of Diana Barrymore has been a magnet for lurid sensationalism since long before her death, but master biographer Jennifer Ann Redmond has unearthed the deeper history of this brilliant actress, doomed in childhood by emotional neglect, then as an adult by a family history of alcoholism. Redmond’s skillful writing and thorough research makes Too Fast, Too Short a gripping read, both for the serious-minded scholar and for the curl-up-with-a-good-book reader on the hunt for a gripping true story, told with unfailing insight and spot-on historical accuracy." - Terry Chester Shulman, author of Film’s First Family: The Untold Story of the Costellos

Jennifer Ann Redmond is author of Silents of the Vamps: Bad Girls You Don’t Know–But Should, Southern Belle to Hollywood Hell: Corliss Palmer and Her Scandalous Rise and Fall, and Reels & Rivals: Sisters in Silent Film. Her work has been featured in Classic Images, Atlas Obscura, and the Library of Congress website.

• AcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Newport, Philadelphia, ManhattanChapter 2: A Union of GeniusChapter 3: Joan Strange BlythChapter 4: Personality Deb of 1938Chapter 5: The Barrymore BratChapter 6: The Diana Barrymore ShowChapter 7: Bob and MuzzyChapter 8: Too Much, Too LoudlyChapter 9: The BoyChapter 10: Nobody CaredSource NotesSelected BibliographyIndex

"Too Fast, Too Short: The Life of Diana Barrymore is the long-anticipated biography of a gifted actress whose career deserved to shine much more brightly. Author Jennifer Ann Redmond details the turbulent life of stage and screen star Diana Barrymore—her battles with addiction, family challenges, her relationship with her father, John Barrymore, and her self-doubts—making them accessible to readers. She also brings Diana's work to the fore, honoring her as an actress. It is high time Diana's full story was told, and now it is accomplished by a remarkable and empathetic author." - Laura Wagner, critic, author, and film historian "With her outstanding pedigree, Diana Barrymore should have had it all. Destined to act, she had success in films and on stage. A daughter of both Broadway and Newport, she knew everybody who was anybody, and at first all doors opened wide. But she also carried the Barrymore curse, and the promised fairy tale ended when she was thirty-eight. Redmond takes us on the wild roller coaster of her life. Too Fast, Too Short reveals her complex family, talent, relationships with famous friends, and her husbands and lovers. It is a complicated and remarkable story." - Robert Dance, author of Ferocious Ambition: Joan Crawford’s March to Stardom and The Savvy Sphinx: How Garbo Conquered Hollywood"‘The only sins I committed are sins against myself,’ said Diana Barrymore near the end of her brief, trainwrecked life. In Too Fast, Too Short, Jennifer Ann Redmond details the derailment with meticulous research and concise compassion, making Diana matter again." - David Stenn, author of Clara Bow: Runnin’ Wild "The short life of Diana Barrymore has been a magnet for lurid sensationalism since long before her death, but master biographer Jennifer Ann Redmond has unearthed the deeper history of this brilliant actress, doomed in childhood by emotional neglect, then as an adult by a family history of alcoholism. Redmond’s skillful writing and thorough research makes Too Fast, Too Short a gripping read, both for the serious-minded scholar and for the curl-up-with-a-good-book reader on the hunt for a gripping true story, told with unfailing insight and spot-on historical accuracy." - Terry Chester Shulman, author of Film’s First Family: The Untold Story of the Costellos