In 1977, author Patrick Agan interviewed writer, director and actress Lois Kibbee for his book, "The Decline and Fall of the Love Goddesses," which was published in 1979 and featured Frances Farmer. It was Miss Kibbee that initially worked with Frances on her autobiography, but was ultimately written by Jean Ratcliffe. Contributor Jack Randall Earles has obtained a copy of the Agan/Kibbee session and it is with great excitement that Mr. Agan has given me permission to post sound bytes (RealAudio) from that interview. As owner and webmaster of this site, my sincere appreciation go out to Mr. Agan and Mr. Earles.
Patrick and Lois discuss Frances' mother, alcohol and drugs - 594k
Patrick asks if Frances and Jean Ratcliffe were lovers - 290k
Lois describes Frances' personality - 405k
Patrick and Lois discuss Frances' sexuality - 567k
Lois describes writing material for the book and Frances' death - 1,252k
Lois offers opinion about Frances bio and states that Frances was not raped in the hospital - 322k
More to come...
Provided by David Farmer, below are RealAudio clips taken from taped interviews recorded in February of 1980 by brother Frank with parents Wes and Ruth, discussing Frances. Also, I've posted an audio clip about the supposed pre-frontal lobotomy issue.
Ruth describes how Frances had no intention of doing any work while in
Mexico and that she took advantage of the people who were trying to help her - 874k
Ruth continues, mentioning Frances' lack of gratitude, yet concedes Frances had a personal magnetism that was
irresistible - 932k
Frank, Ruth and Wes discuss how Frances met Jean Ratcliffe and the horrors of Jean's past - 402k
More to come...
Contact David Farmer here if interested in obtaining copies of these interviews
"Lobotomy gets 'em home!" - Dr. Walter
Freeman
Frank
Farmer and Frank Freeman debate the 'lobotomy' issue on the 'E' special Mysteries and
Scandals in the fall of 1998 - 232k
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