lupe valez: a love story.

lupe valez was the it girl of the nineteen-thirties.

beauty beyond belief, she had "movie star" in her dna.

her career hits the skids. so she decides she'll take one final stab at immortality. she figured, if she couldn't be remembered for her movies; she'd be remembered for the way she died.

and all lupe wanted was to be remembered.

so, she plans her lavish suicide. flowers. candles. silk sheets. white satin gown. full hair and make-up... the works. she takes the overdose of pills, lays poised on the bed, and imagines how beautiful she's going to look on the front page of tomorrow's newspaper.

unfortunately, the pills don't sit well with the enchilada combo plate she sadly chose as her last meal. she stumbles to the bathroom, trips, goes headfirst into the toilet...

and that's how they found her.

is there a moral looming? undoubtedly.

even though things might not happen like we plan...
they can work out anyway.

to remind you again how it worked for poor lupe,
last seen with her head in the toilet:

all she wanted was to be remembered.


will you ever forget this story?