[16], Preferred Pictures loaned Bow to producers "for sums ranging from $1500 to $2000 a week"[80] while paying Bow a salary of $200 to $750 a week. In the blockbuster Wings, she plays the girl next door fighting for attention in a world full of men. Clara Bow was a Brooklyn girl through and through. [17] She was later diagnosed with "psychosis due to epilepsy". I got a lot of credit from the gang for that. The portrait was commissioned by Kende's fellow Hungarian (and another Hollywood legend), Bela Lugosi, with whom Clara Bow had a brief affair. [79], I worked in two and even three pictures at once. We want our readers to trust us. On her mother's side: a French grandmother and Scottish grandfather. 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Bow came to personify the "roaring twenties" and is described as its leading sex symbol. For all that they were making stacks of money off of her, Bows studio executives and directors were incredibly demeaning of their star. As fellow actor Lina Basquette said: She wasnt well liked amongst other women in the film colony. She became extremely withdrawn and at one point attempted suicide. [96] And in 1981, Budd Schulberg described Bow as "an easy winner of the dumbbell award" who "couldn't act," and compared her to a puppy that his father B. P. Schulberg "trained to become Lassie. [27] As she grew up, she felt shy among other girls, who teased her for her worn-out clothes and "carrot-top" hair. "[69] On September 7, 1924, The Los Angeles Times, in a significant article "A dangerous little devil is Clara, impish, appealing, but oh, how she can act! In an almost cruel twist of fate, Sarah had survived the pregnancy, and the baby, whom they still hoped would die, was named Clara. Nearby Recently Sold Homes. [117] Bow fumed: "They yell at me to be dignified. When Bow decided to act, it all came together with frightening easeat least at first. [12] Her birth year, according to the US Censuses of 1910 and 1920, was 1905. Her mother, Sarah Frances Bow (ne Gordon, 1880-1923), was told by a doctor not to become pregnant again, for fear the next baby might die as well. Both Clara and her mother nearly didnt make it, and Bow later recalled how the two of them looked death in the face that day. As Clara once admitted, I do not think my mother ever loved my father. Even worse, He knew it. However, this was far from the worst thing Claras mother would do. When I came into his office a big smile came over his face and he looked just tickled to death. The production relied on a few less-known actors and local talents. Her mother, Sarah Gordon, who was mentally ill as well as an epileptic, was noted for her public and frequent affairs with local firemen. At 25 her career was essentially over. Dolores Costello. Both films were produced by First National Pictures, and while Black Oxen was still being edited and Flaming Youth not yet released, Bow was requested to co-star with Moore as her kid sister in Painted People (The Swamp Angel). This did not please her studio executive B.P. People called her birdbrain, while another executive named her as the easy winner of the dumbbell award and claimed she couldnt act. However, nothing could be further from the truth. 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 . Our credibility is the turbo-charged engine of our success. ? Unable to cope with the pressures of a public life or work through the traumas of her childhood, she locked herself up in that bungalow for decades, and passed almost entirely alone. Below the table, you can find all the information about her birthday. Although doctors never definitively answered her issues, they believed she had schizophrenia and forced her into shock treatments. She drew on her lipstick in a now-iconic heart-shaped style, and her unique look soon took the public by storm. Entrancing Facts About Madame de Pompadour, France's Most Powerful Mistress, Tragic Facts About Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIIIs First Wife, Extravagant Facts About Mohammad Reza, The Doomed Shah, Flamboyant Facts About Bugsy Siegel, The Wiseguy Who Built Vegas, Glam Facts About Nils Asther, The Male Greta Garbo, Contradictory Facts About Jon Voight, Hollywoods Reformed Hippie. Oh, but itll get creepier, Bow starred in the first movie to ever win Best Picture at the Oscars. On screen she epitomised the joie de vivre and permissiveness of the jazz age, and for many people she remains the ultimate flapper, the It girl, with charm and sex appeal to spare. If you ever felt even a little bad for Claras father, you should know one thing. Against her mother's wishes but with her father's support, Bow competed in Brewster publications' magazine's annual nationwide acting contest, "Fame and Fortune", in fall 1921. Thanks for your time! He died in 1962. Even at the height of her success, she was alone in Hollywood. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Was not the smartest move. Reviews were nothing less than outstanding: The New York Times said that "(Bow)is vivacious and, as Betty Lou, saucy, which perhaps is one of the ingredients of It. One of her playmates, a young boy named Johnny who lived in the same building as her family, caught fire in an accident. As the sassy broad wrote, You brush off Clara Bow for some old nothing like Brooks. Brooks letter actually had the intended effect. Her name is on the cast list among the other stars, usually tagged "Brewster magazine beauty contest winner" and sometimes even with a picture. For more on Clara Bow, I recommend the biography Runnin Wild, by David Stenn. "[47] While shooting Grit at Pyramid Studios, in Astoria, New York, Bow was approached by Jack Bachman of independent Hollywood studio Preferred Pictures. When Sarah was just a teenager, she fell from a second-story window and was never the same again. Her mother had a long spell of good health, and changed Bow's appearance, cutting her hair more femininely. [16], It was snowing. "It can't do any harm" he said. [126][127][128][129], According to the 1930 census, Bow lived at 512 Bedford Drive, together with her secretary and hairdresser, Daisy DeBoe (later DeVoe), in a house valued $25,000 with neighbors titled "Horse-keeper", "Physician", "Builder". In 1931, as "Clara had become more than she was worth," (Stenn, 232) the actress and Paramount came to a mutual settlement to terminate her . We were both given up, but somehow we struggled back to life. Her film career held more future sadness and scandal than she could have possibly imagined when she signed on the dotted line. Need I say that Bela was hooked? She is endowed with a mentality far beyond her years. Her name is on the cast list among the other stars, usually tagged "Brewster magazine beauty contest winner" and sometimes even with a picture[citation needed]. Bow met her first boyfriend, cameraman Arthur Jacobson, and she got to know director Frank Tuttle, with whom she worked in five later productions. She became an iconic movie star. All Rights Reserved. "[94] Bow was keen on poetry and music, but according to Rogers St. Johns, her attention span did not allow her to appreciate novels. ". 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. [145] In 1965, at age 60, she died of a heart attack, which her autopsy attributed to atherosclerosis. Encouraged by her father, Bow continued to visit studio agencies asking for parts. But while Bows issues came naturally, Sarahs were born of cruel twist of fate. [102] Bow negotiated her Paramount contract to not have a morals clause. Clara Gordon Bow was born on July 29, 1905 in a tenement in Brooklyn, New York, the only surviving child of a family afflicted with mental illness and Dickensian poverty and physical and emotional abuse. Im a curiosity in Hollywood, she said. She could cry on demand, opening the floodgate of tears almost as soon as I asked her to weep. In his book "Seductive Cinema" (1994: Knopf . "[16] A close friend, a younger boy who lived in her building burned to death, something which haunted her. Approximately zero film offers came knocking, and Bow had to resort to going down to the Brewsters magazine office every day and begging for work. If that werent unhinged enough, Bow then tried to jump into her mothers grave. Clara had a devoted pal and live-in secretary, Daisy DeVoe, a former studio hairdresser. The five different screen tests she had, showed this very plainly, her emotional range of expression provoking a fine enthusiasm from every contest judge who saw the tests. Clara's family needed help . 29 Jul 1905 Clara Bow Birthday Clara Bow Physical Statistics & Body Measurements The 1930 census indicates 1906,[13] and on her gravestone of 1965, the inscription says 1907, but 1905 is the year accepted by a majority of sources. Bell primarily appeared in Western films during his career. "I can't do it," she wailed. 9, and P.S. "[84] Adela Rogers St. Johns had a different take; in 1950, she wrote, "If ever a star was made by public demand, it was Clara Bow. As Bow once retorted, They are snobs. Meanwhile, Bell became Lieutenant Governor of Nevada in 1954. A set member later stated that when Bow did the scene, she actually became her character and "lived it". She needed specific direction and hated rehearsals, but after that shed take off. [123] "Now they're having me sing. Tuttle remembered: Her emotions were close to the surface. Bow and Rex Bell had two sons, born in 1934 and 1936. "To get rid of me, or maybe they really meant to (give me) all the time and were just busy", Bow was introduced to director Christy Cabanne, who cast her in Beyond the Rainbow, produced late 1921 in New York City and released February 19, 1922. [51] She was tested and a press release from early August says Bow had become a member of Preferred Pictures' "permanent stock". Still, on second thought it might not be safe: Clara uses a dangerous pair of eyes. Rate. In 1931, when Bow came under tabloid scrutiny, Parsons defended her and stuck to her first opinion on Bow:[35]. When it came to Lugosi, Bow took her bad girl image into overdrive. [35] Bow later learned that one of Brewsters' subeditors had urged Clifton to give her a chance.[38]. Not done yet, she began reaming him out for daring to control her private life, and finished by strutting her world-class stems out the door. Bow came by her famous, wild red locks naturally, but she still got a little artificial help for it. Clara Bow was a great actress. Eventually, Bows scraping and begging paid offsort of. This was a condition apart from the seizures known to cause disordered thinking, delusion, paranoia, and aggressive behavior. [23], According to Bow's biographer, David Stenn, Bow was raped by her father at age sixteen while her mother was institutionalized. Catherine of Aragon is now infamous as King Henry VIIIs rejected queenbut few people know her even darker history. Though this is exactly what helped her cry at the drop of a hat, Tuttle also noted that it made Bow full of nervous energy and pitifully eager to please everyone. Soon enough, this tendency would ravage Bow. Clara Bow Education. In Poisoned Paradise, released on February 29, 1924, Bow got her first lead; "the clever little newcomer whose work wins fresh recommendations with every new picture in which she appears". Topics. Appropriately chastised, Brownlow included a whole segment on Bow in his next documentary, sparking renewed interest in the lovely, effervescent, and indescribable Clara Bow. "[16] Bow and her father moved in at 1714 North Kingsley Drive in Hollywood, together with Jacobson, who by then also worked for Preferred. Sadly, while the movie contract took Bow out of Brooklyn, where she had spent her abusive and impoverished childhood, her new home had dangers of its own. For all that she hated talkies, she made a cameo as the mystery voice in the 1947 radio show Truth or Consequences in their Mrs. "[112] Carl Sandburg wrote that "'It' is smart, funny and real. After reading The Parades Gone By, Bows fellow silent film star Louise Brooks personally wrote to Kevin Brownlow and admonished him for giving her a whole chapter while giving Bow zilch. Tui did complain about Creepy Roberts insatiable appetite in bed, but she put up with it. Her birthplace is Brooklyn. After this blow, all her inner torment reached a terrifying climax. Her costumes in the film were so scarce, one magazine noted they wouldnt weigh two pounds soaking wet. Maybe more scandalously, Bows new husband Rex Bell was less than pleased about her giving away the goods. Im a big freak, because Im myself! said Clara Bow. Of all of Bows scandalous affairs, her tryst with horror star Bela Lugosi was the most bizarreright from the very beginning. She certainly has that certain 'It'and she just runs away with the film. By 1944, the truth was unavoidable. Though she was her mothers third daughter, Sarah had lost her two eldest children when they were babies, and doctors begged her not to get pregnant again or have another child for fear that this infant would perish too. She has real courage, because she lives boldly. [137] On April 28, 1932, Bow signed a two-picture deal with Fox Film Corporation, for Call Her Savage (1932) and Hoop-La (1933). And a bigger scandal was on the horizon. Flapper movies such as The Plastic Age or Dancing Mothers were perfect for Bow, who had a stunning ability to move naturally in front of the camera, bobbing and smirking with humour and sexiness. Two years after marrying actor Rex Bell in 1931, Bow retired from acting and became a rancher in Nevada. We study audience reactions with great care. "He knew it. Robert Bow knew of her intentions and posed no objections whatsoever. Bow starred as the good-bad college girl, Cynthia Day, against Donald Keith. Bow remembered their reunion: "I didn't care a rap, for (her), nor B. P. Schulberg, nor my motion picture career, nor Clara Bow, I just threw myself into his arms and kissed and kissed him, and we both cried like a couple of fool kids. As it should be. [53] Alton and Bow rented an apartment at The Hillview near Hollywood Boulevard. She was known as "a hard-partying jazz-baby", and wasn't afraid to break a few rules. Analysts tied the onset of the illness, as well as her insomnia, to the "butcher knife episode" back in 1922, but Bow rejected psychological explanations and left the institute. RM EC7YYR - Clara Bow, the IT Girl, epitome of razz-ma-tazz, everybody's dreamboat from 1925 to 1930. When she heard they were casting for the film Down the Sea in Ships, she tried to hide her offending youth by marching down to the casting couch in a grown-up dress she borrowed from her mother. Motion Picture Classic magazine wrote in June that "Clara Bow shows alarming symptoms of becoming the sensation of the year", and featured her on the cover. In fact, before his day in the sun was over, Cooper gained himself an infamous reputation of becoming one of the industry's most ruthless womanizers. [citation needed]. Of course she was, have you seen the girl? "[16] In 1925, Bow appeared in 14 productions: six for her contract owner, Preferred Pictures, and eight as an "out-loan". Her imagery and electric, sexy performances spoke to the flapper persona of the times. I knew I would have done it differently. [16] By the time Clara was four and a half, her father was out of work,[18] and between 1905 and 1923, the family lived at 14 different addresses, but seldom outside Prospect Heights, with Clara's father often absent. My right arm was quite famous. . Clara passed away on month day 2013, at age 74 at death place, Michigan. A young child taking care of a parent is never a good thing, but then the situation took a truly bitter turn. Bow was born into tragedy. Bow left her family and moved to a small bungalow in Culver City, near the movie studios, living off her savings in total seclusion for the rest of her life. 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Build Voluptuous Bow commented: "(Alverna] was bad in the book, butdarn it!of course, they couldn't make her that way in the picture. The time must be given in wrist watch time, as it would have been shown on a normal person's wrist watch at the place of the birth event.All necessary corrections for time zone or daylight saving time are applied by the computer automatically. Bows family life gave new meaning to the word dysfunctional. Her father, though intelligent, was aimless andusually absent. But she is full of confidence, determination and ambition. Although she had a turbulent relationship with her mother (more on that later), Bow never stopped being her biggest defender. After 1927's It, a film adapted from a Elinor Glyn novella, Clara Bow became very popular . To Bows eternal shame, the director cut down her scenes in the final edit of Beyond the Rainbow. Old Hollywood Glamour. Though school-girls used to tease Bow for her carrot top red hair, her wild locks did earn her another cool nickname when she hit the big time. But they also discovered Bows biggest, darkest trauma, While in the sanatorium, Bow told doctors about the darkest period of her lifeand it went back to the very beginning. Bow was billed 10th in the film, but shone through: By mid-December 1923, primarily due to her merits in Down to the Sea in Ships, Bow was chosen the most successful of the 1924 WAMPAS Baby Stars. [95], Bow's bohemian lifestyle and "dreadful" manners were considered reminders of the Hollywood elite's uneasy position in high society. She was born on July 29, 1905 to Robert and Sarah Bow in Prospect Heights, New York. It closed in 1943. When she tried to talk about The Butcher Knife Episode once in an interview, she cut herself off, saying, but I cant tell you about it. Instead, she suffered a deep disappointment. Clara's father was abusive and that he was often absent from the family. Oh, it was wonderful. Clara Bow Sorrells of Slocomb passed away Sunday, November 12, 2017 at Flowers Hospital after a short illness. After leaving the institution, Bow lived alone in a bungalow, which she rarely left, until her death. [130] In April, Bow was taken to a sanatorium and, at her request, Paramount released her from her final undertaking: City Streets (1931). I was too young, or too little, or too fat. As fellow starlet Louise Brooks put it, Bow became a star with nobodys help.. Claras Bows final public performance was not on the silver screen, but on the radio. [22] Sarah worsened gradually, and when she realized her daughter was set for a movie career, Bow's mother told her she "would be much better off dead". Even more scandalously, the OG vampire hung it over his bed for the rest of his life, including through his next two marriages. It was her appearance as a plucky shopgirl in the film "It" that brought her global fame and the nickname "The It Girl". Down to the Sea in Ships (1922) Unrated | 83 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance. When Clara was born, New York was in the middle of a ravaging heat wave, with temperatures rising over a punishing 100 degrees. When fans of the new star found out she put, An autographed picture of Bow is offered as a consolation prize of a beauty contest in the 1931, During her lifetime, Bow was the subject of wild rumors regarding her sex life; many of them were untrue. Clara Bow was a Brooklyn native. SOLD FEB 15, 2023. Tui wanted to be closer to Clarasince she was actually in unrequited love with the star. Bow was attracted to Lugosi when he was still doing the stage version of Dracula, and sauntered down to a performance one night wearing only her mink coat and bathing suit. Your suggestions can be as general or specific as you like, from Life to Compact Cars and Trucks to A Subspecies of Capybara Called Hydrochoerus Isthmius. Well get our writers on it because we want to create articles on the topics youre interested in. $299,100. But the studio thinks my voice is great."[122]. "[86], On April 12, 1926, Bow signed her first contract with Paramount: "to retain your services as an actress for the period of six months from June 6, 1926 to December 6, 1926, at a salary of $750.00 per week". She said she was horrified and hurt by the gesture. At Factinate, were dedicated to getting things right. Clara Bow, (born July 29, 1905, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.died September 27, 1965, Los Angeles, California), American motion-picture actress called the "It" Girl after she played in It (1927), the popular silent-film version of Elinor Glyn 's novel of that name. And it was into this dark existence that one of the world's favourite stars was born. She landed a role in 1921s Beyond the Rainbow. Yeah, sit down Rex. She is as refreshingly unaffected as if she had never faced a means to pretend. When she is off, the same is true. [45] Three months before Down to the Sea in Ships was released, Bow danced on a table, uncredited in Enemies of Women (1923). Bow dealt with her trauma in a tragic waythat is, she didnt deal with it at all. My mom never told me how her best friend died. Here's what the troubled young star taught us about slut-shaming, sex ,and . Usually I was too fat. She personified the vivacious, emancipated flapper of the 1920s. In 1924, she moved into a house with her father andgaspher boyfriend at the time, Hollywood cameraman Arthur Jacobson. Better luck next time, Clara. He told her she was too old, and Bow had to spend the rest of the appointment convincing him she was a kid after all. Adela Rogers St. Johns knew a great deal of actors during her long life. The unfamiliar soundstages and the more rigid, less natural performance style required by talkies, added to her burden. Clara Bow could be a devoted lover, only she sometimes showed her devotion in strange ways. The shift from silent films to talkies was an enormous sea change in Hollywood that drowned many a starbut contrary to popular belief, our gritty Clara survived and thrived. Clara Bow Height and Physical Info Some people are indeed interested in the weight and height of celebrities, but there is a more important question to ask. My mother and I were cold and hungry. One night in February 1922, Bow awoke to a butcher knife held against her throat by her mother. Bow did try to make a comeback a couple years afterbut although audiences and studios were still thirsty for her, her heart wasnt in it. Now Clara Bow is 114 years 6 months 28 days old. Bow was her parents' third child, but her two older sisters, born in 1903 and 1904, had died in infancy. 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