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[David Stenn] ☆ Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild ☆ Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild David Stenn captures her legendary rise to stardom and fall from grace, her success marred by studio exploitation and sexual scandals.. Hollywood's first sex symbol, the ' It ' girl, Clara Bow was born in the slums of Brooklyn in a family plagued with alcoholism and insanity. The greatest box-office draw of her dayshe 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. She catapulted to f
| Title | : | Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.68 (501 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0815410255 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-22 |
| Language | : | English |
"Celebration of a complicated life" according to Anyechka. This is an excellent thorough look at one of the most fascinating moviestars of early cinema, Clara Bow. Instead of writing a highly sensationalised account, Mr. Stenn uses a lot of solid research and facts, not rehashing and keeping alive the same old trashy rumors and character assassinations. He even disproves the most infamous urban legend of them all, the one about Clara and the USC football team. What does emerge is the portrait of a very sad vulnerable tragic person. Clara came from dirt-poor Brooklyn roots, with mental illne. You can learn something new reading between the lines here. David Stenn also appears in the video bio. of Clara Bow. While both tell essentially the same story, boyfriend/husband Rex Bell's role in what caused Clara's legal problems and downfall is somewhat different in the book. It could be said he caused the trial that led to the scandal.It was exciting to learn this after seeing the video. Bell's not quite the 'Knight in Shining Armor' as portrayed during Clara's trial. His abandoning her later (after they had two boys together) to become a lifelong politician was likely the root of Clara. Irresistable Desiree I was never a big fan of silent films or of many movies that were made in the 30's, but years ago I happened to watch "It" on late night tv and became fascinated with Clara Bow, who had a rare and magnetic quality not unlike Marilyn Monroe. There are some stars (a rare breed) that transcend timethe camera loves them and they have a magnetism that cannot be dated. Clark Gable had it, Marilyn Monroe had it, and Clara Bow had it before any of them! The photographs in the book capture her lovely free spirit and David Stenn does an excel
Notoriety, nevertheless, ended her career before she was 30, after starring in numerous silents as well as early talkies for which she learned to temper her Brooklynese accent. She personified sex as fun, earning the sobriquet "The It Girl," coined by Elinor Glyn to define her allure. Apart from one or two roles, like her part in the World War I aviation epic Wings , her films did not show the real gifts of this star who was usually cast in profitable potboilers, notes Stenn. Photos not seen by PW. Bow, married to Rex Bell and living in semi-seclusion, died in 1965. The actress lived the role offscreen as well, having affairs with Gary Cooper, Gilbert Roland, Victor Fleming and others, creating scandals that prompted even her amor
David Stenn captures her legendary rise to stardom and fall from grace, her success marred by studio exploitation and sexual scandals.. Hollywood's first sex symbol, the ' It ' girl, Clara Bow was born in the slums of Brooklyn in a family plagued with alcoholism and insanity. The greatest box-office draw of her dayshe 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. She catapulted to fame after winning Motion Picture magazine's 1921 " Fame and Fortune" contest
. Stenn, a graduate of Yale University, is an award-winning television writer whose work has been seen in such series as Hill Street Blues, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 21 Jump Street and Beverly Hills 90210
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