Olive Thomas(1894-1920):She was a flower too quickly fading Paris 1920:The American "movie" star,died yesterday morning at the American Hospital at Neuilly-sur-Seine,after 5 days of terrible suffering,as the result of swallowing a large quantity of a medicinal preparation containing corrosive sublimate.Her husband denies that there was any attempt at suicide.She was 26 years old.About her death:they returned to the Hotel Ritz around 3:00 a.m.It was rumored that she may have taken cocaine that night though it was never proven.An intoxicated and tired Thomas accidentally ingested a large dose of the medicine.She had either thought the flask contained drinking water or sleeping pills;accounts vary.The label was in French which may have added to the confusion.She screamed,"Oh, my God!",and Pickford ran to pick her up in his arms.However,it was too late;the dose was lethal (a large dose of a mercury bichloride liquid solution prescribed for her husband's chronic syphilis)