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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... Robert and Sarah Bow, pity is exactly what Clara deserved. Robert Bow was less than two years old when his mother died giving birth to her thirteenth child. He was raised without affection, attention, or care, and by adulthood his ...
... Robert and Sarah Bow, pity is exactly what Clara deserved. Robert Bow was less than two years old when his mother died giving birth to her thirteenth child. He was raised without affection, attention, or care, and by adulthood his ...
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... Robert Bow bought the bodies of underage girls while dreaming of an ideal one. He found her in Sarah Gordon, one of six children of florist Frederick Gordon. With her knee-length flaxen braids, fair skin, blue eyes, and regal profile ...
... Robert Bow bought the bodies of underage girls while dreaming of an ideal one. He found her in Sarah Gordon, one of six children of florist Frederick Gordon. With her knee-length flaxen braids, fair skin, blue eyes, and regal profile ...
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... Robert Bow, who lived a block away and had been infatuated with her since childhood. Back then she had scorned his attentions; now Sarah married Robert Bow on November 26, 1902. The union of a hypersexed loser like Robert to an asexual ...
... Robert Bow, who lived a block away and had been infatuated with her since childhood. Back then she had scorned his attentions; now Sarah married Robert Bow on November 26, 1902. The union of a hypersexed loser like Robert to an asexual ...
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... Robert Bow served them all. His miserable, pregnant wife stayed home, where on June 25, 1903, Alene Bow was born prematurely. She died three days later. Unable to afford a gravestone, the Bows buried their baby in a pauper's grave ...
... Robert Bow served them all. His miserable, pregnant wife stayed home, where on June 25, 1903, Alene Bow was born prematurely. She died three days later. Unable to afford a gravestone, the Bows buried their baby in a pauper's grave ...
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... Robert returned to his wife and named their daughter after his sister-in-law. Still, so certain was he (and so hopeful was Sarah) of the baby's imminent death that no birth certificate was ever obtained. Already Clara Bow was unloved ...
... Robert returned to his wife and named their daughter after his sister-in-law. Still, so certain was he (and so hopeful was Sarah) of the baby's imminent death that no birth certificate was ever obtained. Already Clara Bow was unloved ...
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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