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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... never been anyone like her. Where other women acted, she came to life, a three-dimensional being in a two-dimensional medium. There was an energy, a vitality, a restlessness within her that turned rival actresses into zombies. “Miss Van ...
... never been anyone like her. Where other women acted, she came to life, a three-dimensional being in a two-dimensional medium. There was an energy, a vitality, a restlessness within her that turned rival actresses into zombies. “Miss Van ...
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... anyone why—and she never, ever had—they would not have believed her. The truth was too incredible, tragic, and frightening. The truth revealed what made Clara run. BeooLIqn GOII'IIC “Even now I can't trust life. It did it 2 CLARA BOW.
... anyone why—and she never, ever had—they would not have believed her. The truth was too incredible, tragic, and frightening. The truth revealed what made Clara run. BeooLIqn GOII'IIC “Even now I can't trust life. It did it 2 CLARA BOW.
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... never seen without a stogie stuck in his mouth), these sleazy saloons substituted for the home he never had. Here Robert would make maudlin toasts, swap dirty jokes, and boast of his imminent success as a singing waiter at a swell New ...
... never seen without a stogie stuck in his mouth), these sleazy saloons substituted for the home he never had. Here Robert would make maudlin toasts, swap dirty jokes, and boast of his imminent success as a singing waiter at a swell New ...
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... never opened a book and the teachers was always down on me,” she would claim. “I don't blame 'em.” Actually she had a B+ average and a perfect record for classroom conduct, yet so low was Clara's self-esteem that all she remembered ...
... never opened a book and the teachers was always down on me,” she would claim. “I don't blame 'em.” Actually she had a B+ average and a perfect record for classroom conduct, yet so low was Clara's self-esteem that all she remembered ...
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... never finished eighth grade. She never played Priscilla. A thirteen-year-old girl with a seventh-grade education was not in great demand by legitimate professions, but finally Clara was hired to slice buns at Nathan's, a Coney Island ...
... never finished eighth grade. She never played Priscilla. A thirteen-year-old girl with a seventh-grade education was not in great demand by legitimate professions, but finally Clara was hired to slice buns at Nathan's, a Coney Island ...
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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