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Clara BowDavid Stenn

Clara Bow

David Stenn
1988338 pages
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"Silent screen sensation Clara Bow (1905-1965), the greatest box-office draw of her day, was the embodiment of the Roaring Twenties, Hollywood's first sex symbol, and a natural talent with an independent spirit. Raised in the slums of Brooklyn by a family plagued with alcoholism and insanity, Clara catapulted to fame after winning Motion Picture magazine's 1921 "Fame and Fortune" contest. Despite her overwhelming popularity - she once received 45,000 fan letters in a single month - the onscreen vitality and allure that beguiled millions would be her undoing off-camera. David Stenn captures…

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6 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2000
    Cooper Square Press · 400 pages · 9780815410256
  • Other · English · 2000
    Cooper Square Publishing, LLC · 9781461660910
  • Other · English · 2000
    Cooper Square Publishing, LLC · 9781283875677
  • Other · English · 1990
    Penguin Books · 338 pages · 9780140124026
  • Other · English · 1989
    Penguin Random House · 9780852237847
  • Other · English · 1988
    Doubleday · 338 pages · 9780385241250
BiographyMotion picture actors and actressesBow, clara, 1905-1965