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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Runnin' Wild David Stenn. Praise for Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild “This is one riveting portrait of movieland cannibalization. Don't miss it." —-—Films in Review “ [Stenn] brings a fascinating era of American film history into a well-deserved ...
Runnin' Wild David Stenn. Praise for Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild “This is one riveting portrait of movieland cannibalization. Don't miss it." —-—Films in Review “ [Stenn] brings a fascinating era of American film history into a well-deserved ...
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... condition secret, and when 'a federal census was conducted in 1900, he locked his wife in a closet and told the census taker he was a widower. Better dead than mad, ran the prevailing wisdom of the time, *fir 6 CLARA BOW.
... condition secret, and when 'a federal census was conducted in 1900, he locked his wife in a closet and told the census taker he was a widower. Better dead than mad, ran the prevailing wisdom of the time, *fir 6 CLARA BOW.
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... nobody, [there was] one place I could go and forget the misery of home and heartache of school. “That was the motion pictures.” Whether it was slapstick comedian Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, “America's Sweetheart” a 12 CLARA BOW.
... nobody, [there was] one place I could go and forget the misery of home and heartache of school. “That was the motion pictures.” Whether it was slapstick comedian Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, “America's Sweetheart” a 12 CLARA BOW.
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... Clara was a chubby nobody, and director Christy Cabanne wasted no time telling her so. “Don't tell me she won a ... Bow, her wealthy aunt. The fifty-nine-year-old woman listened in silence to her niece and namesake's plea for a loan, then ...
... Clara was a chubby nobody, and director Christy Cabanne wasted no time telling her so. “Don't tell me she won a ... Bow, her wealthy aunt. The fifty-nine-year-old woman listened in silence to her niece and namesake's plea for a loan, then ...
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... porters, millionaires, and children.” The son of one millionaire was so smitten that “when he swung off the train at his destination, he held her somewhat grimy little hand and looked into her large, emotional eyes 'A' 30 CLARA BOW.
... porters, millionaires, and children.” The son of one millionaire was so smitten that “when he swung off the train at his destination, he held her somewhat grimy little hand and looked into her large, emotional eyes 'A' 30 CLARA BOW.
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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