Author: Stenn, David
[New] ed; Paperback; Facsimiles, Portraits
379 pages
Published: April 2000
Cooper Square Press
ISBN: 0815410255

Silent screen goddess Clara Bow, 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 heart. David Stenn captures Clara's legendary rise to stardom and her fall from grace, ruined by studio exploitation, mismanagement and scandals involving gambling, sexual misconduct and embezzlement.The greatest box office draw of her day, Clara Bow, was the embodiment of the 1920s. Considered to be Hollywood's first sex symbol, this book captures her rise to stardom and her fall from grace, ruined by studio exploitation, mismanagement and scandals.