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. She catapulted to fame after winning Motion Picture magazine's 1921 Fame and Fortune contest. 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. David Stenn captures her legendary rise to stardom and fall from grace, her success marred by studio exploitation and sexual scandals.
Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild
David Stenn
$25.97 - $42.05
- UPC:
- 9780815410256
- Maximum Purchase:
- 2 units
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 2000-03-13
- Release Date:
- 2000-03-13
- Author:
- David Stenn
- Language:
- english
- Edition:
- First Thus