The Leadville native who become the most powerful woman in Hollywood

All eyes were on the brightly lit stage when, from the darkness, a voice rang out: “Mother, I’m dying!” These were the last words June Mathis, the “world-famous motion picture scenarist,” would ever utter. Mathis had been attending the play “The Squall” …All eyes were on the brightly lit stage when, from the darkness, a voice rang out: “Mother, I’m dying!” These were the last words June Mathis, the “world-famous motion picture scenarist,” would ever utter. Mathis had been attending the play “The Squall” …