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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... Victor Fleming into her life. 8 “Every dame he ever worked with fell on her a 58 CLARA BOW.
... Victor Fleming into her life. 8 “Every dame he ever worked with fell on her a 58 CLARA BOW.
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... Fleming for a musical before. He was this strange fellow who had this feeling. . . one of the great unsung men of this business. Someday someone's going to bring up what Victor Fleming meant to movies.” Victor Fleming remains an ...
... Fleming for a musical before. He was this strange fellow who had this feeling. . . one of the great unsung men of this business. Someday someone's going to bring up what Victor Fleming meant to movies.” Victor Fleming remains an ...
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... Victor Fleming, and met Tui Lorraine, her first close female friend. Born Tui Lorraine Leigh, the blonde, five-foot, nineteen-year-old New Zealand native came from a circus family. “I_'d been in show business since age five and a kid ...
... Victor Fleming, and met Tui Lorraine, her first close female friend. Born Tui Lorraine Leigh, the blonde, five-foot, nineteen-year-old New Zealand native came from a circus family. “I_'d been in show business since age five and a kid ...
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... Victor Fleming's maturity (since she was involved with both men, the “he” Roland referred to was presumably Fleming). Tui also found the display absurd, for no one was present but she and Clara, who considered herself informally engaged ...
... Victor Fleming's maturity (since she was involved with both men, the “he” Roland referred to was presumably Fleming). Tui also found the display absurd, for no one was present but she and Clara, who considered herself informally engaged ...
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... Victor Fleming had already made her. If that was who was wanted, then that was who she would be. In the end Clara had made headlines and emerged unscathed from them, a virtual miracle for a movie star. Only the Savage clan and Gilbert ...
... Victor Fleming had already made her. If that was who was wanted, then that was who she would be. In the end Clara had made headlines and emerged unscathed from them, a virtual miracle for a movie star. Only the Savage clan and Gilbert ...
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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