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[jod6cindy]

Even after several years of working on my #biography subject #BarbaraPayton's story, I often find myself wondering how her life could go so completely and terribly wrong.

I may never know the full answer to that, but I am hoping the two film projects that are being developed on Barbara's life (a feature film titled "#ForeverisJustAWeekend," and a theatrical #documentary that is not yet titled) will provide some worthwhile food for thought.

Mainly, I want more people to feel empathy and compassion for Barbara, and to see she was deeply loved by the people who knew her best.

[jod6cindy]

No matter what anyone thinks about my biography subject Barbara Payton, or about how she lived her life, she didn't deserve to be be beaten, or raped, or stabbed, or any of the other terrible things that happened to her. I will always hope she knows what I've tried to do for her.

Rest in peace, Barbara.

[jod6cindy]

#BarbaraPayton had one of the saddest lives of any person I know of, and I hope very much that her biopic, titled #ForeverIsJustAWeekend, will show her exactly as I have come to know her; i.e., as a generous and free-spirited person who was too trusting for her own good.🤞

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I'm Barbara Payton's biographer and have been researching her life since 1998. I had the good fortune to befriend Barbara's son (the late John Lee Payton), and her best friend and sister-in-law (the late Jan Redfield), and it was because of them I learned of Barbara's many good qualities (including her legendary generosity, and compassion for the underdog).

I'm currently working on a film project on her life, titled "Forever is Just A Weekend," and am hoping it will bring a much deeper understanding of who Barbara was.

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#BarbaraPayton

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She was flawed - and may have suffered from undiagnosed bipolar depression - but my biography subject Barbara Payton was also a talented, generous and worthwhile person, and I'm working hard to depict those things in her screenplay.

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Barbara Payton's Mocambo photo scrapbook from the late 1940s and '50s. It is one of the few items that once belonged to Barbara that still exist.

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#BarbaraPayton

#JohnODowd

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