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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... Hollywood F lapper 33 III The “It” Girl 77 IV Talkies 1 5 3 V “This Ain't No Life” 207 VI Mrs. Beldam 247 Epilogue 28 1 Aftermath 284 Filmography 287 Sources 3 1 4 Notes 3 2 1 Index 359 About the Author 369 AUTHOIQ'S NOTE Teet Carle ...
... Hollywood F lapper 33 III The “It” Girl 77 IV Talkies 1 5 3 V “This Ain't No Life” 207 VI Mrs. Beldam 247 Epilogue 28 1 Aftermath 284 Filmography 287 Sources 3 1 4 Notes 3 2 1 Index 359 About the Author 369 AUTHOIQ'S NOTE Teet Carle ...
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... Hollywood, many studios still operated in New York City) confirmed it. “You ain't goin' inta pictures,” she ranted. “You ain't gonna be no hoor. ” By now Sarah had confined herself to bed due to her strange and uncontrollable “spells ...
... Hollywood, many studios still operated in New York City) confirmed it. “You ain't goin' inta pictures,” she ranted. “You ain't gonna be no hoor. ” By now Sarah had confined herself to bed due to her strange and uncontrollable “spells ...
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... Hollywood bungalow. The case was never officially solved, but the careers of two actresses implicated in it, Mary Miles Minter and Mabel Normand, were ruined by revelations that their virtue was a figment of their audience's imagination ...
... Hollywood bungalow. The case was never officially solved, but the careers of two actresses implicated in it, Mary Miles Minter and Mabel Normand, were ruined by revelations that their virtue was a figment of their audience's imagination ...
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... Hollywood. Bachman said he had heard about Clara, seen Down to the Sea in SM)», and convinced West Coast partner B. P. Schulberg to offer her trainfare to California for a three-month trial period at fifty dollars a week. The salary was ...
... Hollywood. Bachman said he had heard about Clara, seen Down to the Sea in SM)», and convinced West Coast partner B. P. Schulberg to offer her trainfare to California for a three-month trial period at fifty dollars a week. The salary was ...
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... Hollywood, everything. She did not look like she belonged in either, for aside from the shabby sweater and pleated skirt she wore, her sole possessions were a papier-maché satChel, a portable phonograph, and one 78~r.p.m. record, “The ...
... Hollywood, everything. She did not look like she belonged in either, for aside from the shabby sweater and pleated skirt she wore, her sole possessions were a papier-maché satChel, a portable phonograph, and one 78~r.p.m. record, “The ...
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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