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# On This Day in 1928, Norma Shearer's Publicist Made Her Go to the Beach.
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/on-this-day-in-1928-norma-shearers-publicist-made-her-go-to-the-beach-08-2020/
- Published: 2020-08-27T18:00:58.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-19T18:55:21.000Z
- Description: Better than the time Marion Davies's PR had her visit someone's grave!
- Author: Jessica  
- Tags: *Flashback*, classic photos, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 08:09

First: I love Norma Shearer's striped swimsuit here, and although my primary source of information about her is, once again, having owned some paper dolls made in her image, [her Wiki is a fascinating ride](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma%5FShearer?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) that includes both her showing up at a party in a dress that was too big for her to get through the door *and* her eventually marrying a young ski instructor. Her hair is also my dream hair here.

Second: The hunky co-star is Johnny Mack Brown, who was a MASSIVE college football star for the University of Alabama before he became a movie star (he scored two touchdowns in Bama's first ever Rose Bowl win) and who ended up doing a lot of westerns. He's ALSO got great hair.

Third: I don't know who the non-bathing suit-wearer is -- Robert Z. Leonard directed this film, but it's not him. It might be the screenwriter, A.P Younger ([who tragically shot himself and died in 1941, in an incident that was ruled an accident but seems like it may not have been](https://davidkfrasier.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-p-younger-thanks-fido.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)). The movie they're "taking time out from filming" for this super candid and not at all planned by the studio photo was called *A Lady of a Chance*, [and it sounds like it might be a hoot,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%5FLady%5Fof%5FChance?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) as it is primarily about people conning other people out of their money and then fleeing town. EVERGREEN CONTENT.

Fourth: For you rollercoaster fans, that one in the background used to live on the old Santa Monica Pier, [the history of which is sincerely fascinating](https://www.thecoasterkings.com/history-santa-monica-pier/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io).

Fifth: [That Coke there in the sand definitely had cocaine in it](https://www.livescience.com/41975-does-coca-cola-contain-cocaine.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io).

###### \[Photo via John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images\]