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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... woman to empathize with, as well as an engrossing history of early picturemaking.” —Publishers Weekly “A wonderful mixture of life story and film history, along with a sensitive look at how a sexpot film star could also be a tragic ...
... woman to empathize with, as well as an engrossing history of early picturemaking.” —Publishers Weekly “A wonderful mixture of life story and film history, along with a sensitive look at how a sexpot film star could also be a tragic ...
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... woman with an alcoholic father and insane mother (Frederick Gordon could fool a census taker, but not his neighbors) was hardly besieged by suitors. In fact, there was only Robert Bow, who lived a block away and had been infatuated with ...
... woman with an alcoholic father and insane mother (Frederick Gordon could fool a census taker, but not his neighbors) was hardly besieged by suitors. In fact, there was only Robert Bow, who lived a block away and had been infatuated with ...
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... woman caught in some trap. Then her eyes'd grow glassy an' she'd start t'gasp for breath just like she was bein' strangled.” Often Sarah's seizures would occur three times a day, then vanish for weeks. When they returned, Clara would ...
... woman caught in some trap. Then her eyes'd grow glassy an' she'd start t'gasp for breath just like she was bein' strangled.” Often Sarah's seizures would occur three times a day, then vanish for weeks. When they returned, Clara would ...
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... woman gives herself up to a man, she loses her power. Man is the master and thus the enemy. Woman must control him any way she can. What Sarah did not realize and what her daughter could BROOKLYN oormc 13 *
... woman gives herself up to a man, she loses her power. Man is the master and thus the enemy. Woman must control him any way she can. What Sarah did not realize and what her daughter could BROOKLYN oormc 13 *
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... woman listened in silence to her niece and namesake's plea for a loan, then threw Clara out of her house. While her aunt wrote her father that Clara had disgraced the family, a cousin loaned her eighty dollars. The next day she reported ...
... woman listened in silence to her niece and namesake's plea for a loan, then threw Clara out of her house. While her aunt wrote her father that Clara had disgraced the family, a cousin loaned her eighty dollars. The next day she reported ...
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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