Clara Bow: Runnin' WildHollywood's first sex symbol, the ' It ' girl, Clara Bow was born in the slums of Brooklyn in a family plagued with alcoholism and insanity. She catapulted to fame after winning Motion Picture magazine's 1921 " Fame and Fortune" contest. The greatest box-office draw of her day—she once received 45,000 fan letters in a single month, Clara Bow's on screen vitality and allure that beguiled thousands, however, would be her undoing off-camera. David Stenn captures her legendary rise to stardom and fall from grace, her success marred by studio exploitation and sexual scandals. |
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... Budd Schulberg was a painfully shy, sensitive, stammering ten-year-old when he met Clara in his father's office, and the introduction left an indelible impression. “She was wearing a tight cotton dress, and her Cupid's bow of a mouth ...
... Budd Schulberg was a painfully shy, sensitive, stammering ten-year-old when he met Clara in his father's office, and the introduction left an indelible impression. “She was wearing a tight cotton dress, and her Cupid's bow of a mouth ...
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... Budd Schulberg felt that she “seemed 'to be openly flirting—with both of us.” The boy was accustomed to ambitious actresses fussing over him in front of his father, and superficially this coarse teenage girl seemed no different. But she ...
... Budd Schulberg felt that she “seemed 'to be openly flirting—with both of us.” The boy was accustomed to ambitious actresses fussing over him in front of his father, and superficially this coarse teenage girl seemed no different. But she ...
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... Budd, Schulberg wasn't the only one watching in awe. “She could cry at the drop of a hat, and you'd believe her,” remembers Preferred prop man William Kaplan. “A beautiful actress, just beautiful. And I often wondered to myself, 'Where ...
... Budd, Schulberg wasn't the only one watching in awe. “She could cry at the drop of a hat, and you'd believe her,” remembers Preferred prop man William Kaplan. “A beautiful actress, just beautiful. And I often wondered to myself, 'Where ...
Page 51
... Budd. “And as for Henrietta Cohn's warning, I'm inclined to think it was true.” It wouldn't have been unusual if it were. Producers like Schulberg were the rule, not the exception in Hollywood, and after twenty films in two years, Clara ...
... Budd. “And as for Henrietta Cohn's warning, I'm inclined to think it was true.” It wouldn't have been unusual if it were. Producers like Schulberg were the rule, not the exception in Hollywood, and after twenty films in two years, Clara ...
Page 53
... Budd Schulberg, who had come to Claremont chaperoned by prop man Billy Kaplan. While Kaplan bolstered the confidence of Gilbert Roland, whose English was as limited as his acting experience (“Am I doing all right? Bee-1y, you must help ...
... Budd Schulberg, who had come to Claremont chaperoned by prop man Billy Kaplan. While Kaplan bolstered the confidence of Gilbert Roland, whose English was as limited as his acting experience (“Am I doing all right? Bee-1y, you must help ...
Contents
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The It Girl | 77 |
Talkies | 153 |
This Aint No Life | 207 |
MrsBeldam | 247 |
Epilogue | 281 |
Aftermath | 284 |
Filmography | 287 |
Sources | 314 |
Notes | 321 |
Index | 359 |
About the Author | 369 |
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