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 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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Cooper Square Press
Published: 03/13/2000
ISBN: 9780815410256
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.04w x 0.84d
Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 05/12/2000 pg. 72
New York Times 08/27/2000 pg. 22