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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... Motion Picture in January 1921. Sponsored by Brewster Publications, a Brooklyn-based company which published Motion Hcture, Motion Hcture Classic, and Shadowland, the Fame and Fortune Contest had begun a year earlier and Mary Pickford ...
... Motion Picture in January 1921. Sponsored by Brewster Publications, a Brooklyn-based company which published Motion Hcture, Motion Hcture Classic, and Shadowland, the Fame and Fortune Contest had begun a year earlier and Mary Pickford ...
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... Motion Picture Classic featured the photo of Clara and her tam. The article announcing her victory was entitled “A Dream Come True.” At this point it hadn't, and unless someone spruced Clara up, it wouldn't. Ultimately funds allocated ...
... Motion Picture Classic featured the photo of Clara and her tam. The article announcing her victory was entitled “A Dream Come True.” At this point it hadn't, and unless someone spruced Clara up, it wouldn't. Ultimately funds allocated ...
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... film work continued. By now Clara was convinced that “winnin' the contest hadn't seemed t'mean a thing. I wore myself out ... Motion Picture Classic, liked her youthful look, and summoned her for an interview. When Clara arrived, Clifton ...
... film work continued. By now Clara was convinced that “winnin' the contest hadn't seemed t'mean a thing. I wore myself out ... Motion Picture Classic, liked her youthful look, and summoned her for an interview. When Clara arrived, Clifton ...
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... Motion Picture Classic put her on its cover—Clara's first—and ran a story (“The Kid Who Sassed Lubitsch”) analyzing her appeal. “The truth is,” it concluded, “little Clara Bow shows alarming symptoms of becoming the sensation of the ...
... Motion Picture Classic put her on its cover—Clara's first—and ran a story (“The Kid Who Sassed Lubitsch”) analyzing her appeal. “The truth is,” it concluded, “little Clara Bow shows alarming symptoms of becoming the sensation of the ...
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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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