Bow and actor Rex Bell (later a lieutenant governor of Nevada) had two sons, Tony Beldam (born 1934, changed name to Rex Anthony Bell, Jr., died 2011) and George Beldam, Jr. (born 1938). Alice Joyce starred as her dancing mother, with Conway Tearle as "bad-boy" Naughton. Better luck next time, Clara. Rare oil portrait of silent screen legend Clara Bow, posing nude in 1929 for Hungarian artist Geza Kende. The picture was released on March 1, 1926. Her mother Sarah was mentally ill, probably schizophrenic. When I came into his office a big smile came over his face and he looked just tickled to death. 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. Gaylor Hiram Weaver Sarah Gordon Simpson Duke 1817 - 1878 Drake Martha When she was just 16 years old, she entered the annual Fame and Fortune Brewster magazine contest, which pitted hopefuls against each other in a series of screen tests and promised film work in the winners future. 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. David Selznick explained: [when] Bow was at her height in pictures we could make a story with her in it and gross a million and a half, where another actress would gross half a million in the same picture and with the same cast.Selznick[131], Bow left Hollywood for Rex Bell's ranch in Nevada, her "desert paradise", in June[132] and married him in then small-town Las Vegas in December. Thanks for your time! Yet growing up, this only made her a target for cruel girls. Talkies were now the thing in Hollywood, and the former silent film star had to put her vocal chords on the line for the first time ever. We want our readers to trust us. [a][21] From her earliest years, Bow had learned how to care for her mother during the seizures, as well as how to deal with her psychotic and hostile episodes. School: Bay Ridge High School for Girls, Erasmus Hall High School. Either way, no one was surprised when it ended, but they were downright astonished by just how quickly things went south. And a bigger scandal was on the horizon. Oh, but itll get creepier, Bow starred in the first movie to ever win Best Picture at the Oscars. And they say love isnt real. [147] Her pallbearers were Harry Richman, Richard Arlen, Jack Oakie, Maxie Rosenbloom, Jack Dempsey, and Buddy Rogers. Clara Bow Birth Name: Clara Gordon Bow Occupation: Movie Actress Place Of Birth: Brooklyn Date Of Birth: July 29, 1905 Date Of Death: September 27, 1965 Cause Of Death: N/A Ethnicity: White Nationality: American Clara Bow was born on the 29th of July, 1905. Eva Hendrian. In 1927, Bow gained eternal fame when she starred in the flapper flick It. At the time, It Girl was a brand-new term, and Bow was the first to become permanently associated with it when she played the brash title character. "He knew it. [81] On October 21, 1925, Schulberg filed Preferred Pictures for bankruptcy, with debts at $820,774 and assets $1,420. It was shot on location at Pomona College in the summer of 1925, and released on December 15, but due to block booking, it was not shown in New York until July 21, 1926. High-class Hollywood society considered her and her brassy ways dreadful because she refused to bow down to them or their old rules. Bow starred as the good-bad college girl, Cynthia Day, against Donald Keith. Clara Bow was Hollywood's first sex symbol. In addition to athletics and acting, Bow was also a fan of poetry and music. Thanks for your help! Nearby Recently Sold Homes. "[94] Bow was keen on poetry and music, but according to Rogers St. Johns, her attention span did not allow her to appreciate novels. View more recently sold homes. In it Bow confessed that she preferred eternal slumber to the idea of always being a public figure, and every day seemed unbearable to her. In 1929, Bows life and stardom changed forever. One of her more understanding directors, Victor Fleming, compared her to a Stradivarius violin, saying Touch her, and she responded with genius. Take that. Hollywood Divas. I never did anything to hurt anyone else. He continued to take occasional roles in westerns over the years. Clara Bow was born on 1905-07-29. Clara Bow doesn't look like a relic. 3 bd | 3 ba | 1.6k sqft. Clara had a devoted pal and live-in secretary, Daisy DeVoe, a former studio hairdresser. But having "It" didn't . She still had to tout herself around the agencies and studios, swallowing rejections as she went. And as confident as she was on a silent movie set, the looming microphones and wires of the sound era terrified her. My right arm was quite famous. $310,000 Last Sold Price. But what are the dignified people like? What a fitting final curtain call for a performer who got her start in a national competition. By 1944, the truth was unavoidable. My right arm was developed from pitching so much Once I hopped a ride on behind a big fire engine. The film actress Clara Bow is the cover girl for Motion Picture Classic magazine, published in Chicago, Illinois in April of 1931. Below the table, you can find all the information about her birthday. Our editors are instructed to fact check thoroughly, including finding at least three references for each fact. In fact, when she first decided she wanted to go into movies, she said it was because she would go to see an actress or actor in a performance and come away with the feeling that I knew I would have done it differently. In other words, better.. However, he had a reason to dread home. The production relied on a few less-known actors and local talents. She would go on to become America's most loved and most controversial sex symbol of the silent film era. I wasn't sore. [8][9][10] Her final film, Hoop-La, was released in 1933. Clara was the daughter of Robert Walter Bow (1875 - 1959) By his 1st Wife Sarah F. Gordon (1879 - 1923) Robert Walter Bow (1875 - 1959) Married 2nd Wife Idella Elizabeth Mowrey Idella Elizabeth Mowrey (c 1904 - ) Was the daughter of Ella May Cure/Curea (1886 - 1970) and husband John Mowrey (dates unknown) Ella May Cure/Curea (1886 - 1970) The picture exposes the widespread liquor traffic in the upper classes, and Bow portrays an innocent girl who develops into a wild "red-hot mama" ("a naughty, inebriated flapper"[74]). She is completing her PhD in Toronto, Canada. [14] Her mother, Sarah Frances Bow (ne Gordon, 18801923), was told by a doctor not to become pregnant again, for fear the next baby might die as well. A magazine quoted her as saying: Mosta my friendsre ones I knew before I paid income tax., In a town that liked to go to bed early, Bow stayed up late. 20276", "Real life story of Clara Bow" (16 parts), "Tui Gets Divorce From Clara Bow's Daddy", "Wine / Louis J Gasnier [motion picture]:Bibliographic Record Description: Performing Arts Encyclopedia", "Famous Players-Lasky Clara Bow Signed Contract", "Clara Bow: the hard-partying jazz-baby airbrushed from Hollywood history", "Revenge of the Celebrity Secretary: The Career-Ending Extortion of Screen Star Clara Bow Los Angeles Magazine", "Clara Bow Her Personal Secretary Was Wrongly Convicted of Grand Theft", "Geschichte der It-Girls - Paris Hiltons Vor-vor-vorbild", "Clara Bow: The Haunted Sex Icon of the '20s", "Remembering the Original It Girl, Clara Bow, on Her Birthday", "Politics '99 {Human Events}; Find Articles at BNET.com", "Was 'It girl' Clara Bow the real-life epitome of Babylon or one of predatory Hollywood's earliest victims? She was born on July 29, 1905 to Robert and Sarah Bow in Prospect Heights, New York. AFI left her off their iconic 100 Years100 Stars list, and movie historian Kevin Brownlow completely omitted her from his silent film book The Parades Gone By. Tuttle remembered: Her emotions were close to the surface. Who can't? Clara Bow was an American film actress who shot to stardom in 1926, then burned out only a few years later. With Bow's face now in bandages, the studio had no choice but to recast her part. Girls would often tease her and call her carrot top, or else make fun of the shabby clothes her family couldnt afford to mend. The film proved to be a tremendous box office success that lent Clara Bow the nickname the "It" Girl. As Bow said, they shunned her for her lack of fashion. 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. "[28], From first grade, Bow preferred the company of boys, stating, "I could lick any boy my size. [62], In May, Moore renewed her efforts in The Perfect Flapper, produced by her husband; however, despite good reviews she suddenly withdrew. "No more flappers they have served their purpose people are tired of soda-pop love affairs", she told the Los Angeles Times,[66] which had commented a month earlier, "Clara Bow is the one outstanding type. David Stenn captures her legendary rise to stardom and fall from grace, her success marred by studio exploitation and sexual scandals. Well, this backfired horribly. Instead, she lived by herself in a small bungalow until her devastating end. Clara Bow Sorrells of Slocomb passed away Sunday, November 12, 2017 at Flowers Hospital after a short illness. When she watched them, she said, For the first time in my life I knew there was beauty in the world., Bow looked pert and cute, but dont be fooled: She could be as arrogant as any other starlet. What she desires to do she does. I sort of half-sing, half-talk, with hips-and-eye stuff. Then I got a little sore. A woman even once brought Bow to divorce court for stealing her husband. But that wasnt even the worst part. [28] B. P. Schulberg tried to replace Bow with his girlfriend Sylvia Sidney, but Paramount went into receivership, lost its position as the biggest studio (to MGM), and fired Schulberg. A tabloid called, The lead character of Peppy Miller from the 2011 film, Bow inspired the name of the player character, Bow is the subject of the 1986 song "Clara Bow", by the cult independent pop group, "Clara Bow" is also the title of a song on alternative rock-band, This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 06:03. Clara Gordon Bow was born on July 29, 1905 in a tenement apartment above a Baptist church at 697 Bergen Street in Brooklyn's Prospect Heights neighborhood.. That very year, Bow resorted to desperate measures. I was too young, or too little, or too fat. 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. [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. It grew worse and worse. Little Clara came into the world in a "bleak, sparsely furnished room above [a] dilapidated Baptist Church," and these very humble beginnings were about to turn into an absolute nightmare. This did not end well. She signed a two-picture contract with Fox Film Corporation and admitted she had come back to Hollywood for the sole purpose of making enough money to be able to stay out of it. But the damage was already done. Im a big freak, because Im myself!. She could cry on demand, opening the floodgate of tears almost as soon as I asked her to weep. Shock treatment was tried and numerous psychological tests performed. "[90], Bow began to date her co-star Gilbert Roland, who became her first fianc. Stay connected to family and friends by sharing the LittleThings that spark joy. [citation needed]. "[116] The film went on to win the first Academy Award for Best Picture. Although she had a turbulent relationship with her mother (more on that later), Bow never stopped being her biggest defender. Her imagery and electric, sexy performances spoke to the flapper persona of the times. Bow truly loved movies, but her adoration came from an incredibly dark place. Factinate is a fact website that is dedicated to finding and sharing fun facts about science, history, animals, films, people, and much more. [142] A note was found in which Bow stated she preferred death to a public life. Bow, who had dropped out of school (senior year) after she was notified about winning the "Fame and Fortune Contest", possibly in October 1921, got an ordinary office job;[37] however, movie ads and newspaper editorial comments from 1922 to 1923 suggest that Bow was not cut from Beyond the Rainbow. However, the lovely Clara Bow certainly wasn't his last high-profile lover. It is 100 per cent at the box-office. SOLD FEB 15, 2023. As a part of her beauty routine, she also put henna in her hair to give it extra depth and brightness. Before the film was finished, Schulberg announced that Bow was given the lead in the studio's biggest seasonal assessment[clarify], Poisoned Paradise. In previous years, other contest winners had found work in the movies. 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. After leaving the institution, Bow lived alone in a bungalow, which she rarely left, until her death. "[97], Bow appeared in eight releases in 1926: five for Paramount, including the film version of the musical Kid Boots with Eddie Cantor, and three loan-outs that had been filmed in 1925. Clara's life is both inspiring and sada glimpse into a Hollywood sodden with sexism long before the enlightenment of the #MeToo movement. 111, P.S. Little Clara came into the world in a bleak, sparsely furnished room above [a] dilapidated Baptist Church, and these very humble beginnings were about to turn into an absolute nightmare. "[88] Some critics felt Bow had conquered new territory, "(Bow) presents a whimsical touch to her work that adds greater laurels to her fast ascending star of screen popularity. What a dame. I used to sing at home and people would say, 'Pipe down! If that werent unhinged enough, Bow then tried to jump into her mothers grave. The young girl was miraculously able to escape and then disarm her mother before she could hurt her, and she quickly locked Sarah up. Our credibility is the turbo-charged engine of our success. So that night my motherbut I can't tell you about it. It was very hard at the time and I used to be worn out and cry myself to sleep from sheer fatigue after 18 hours a day on different sets, but now [Early 1928] I am glad of it. It was a fateful decision. She said about her childhood, "I never had any clothes. 2. This vivacious young woman exchanged the rags and deprivations of her slum childhood in Brooklyn for the glamour and riches of Hollywood, but lived to regret it. Her mother, Sarah Gordon, who was mentally ill as well as an epileptic, was noted for her public and frequent affairs with local firemen. Throughout her entire careerand particularly during her tragic endBow was incredibly emotionally fragile. "[61] Moore, a well-established star earning $1200 a weekBow got $200took offense and blocked the director from shooting close-ups of Bow. She also studied at Bay Ridge High School for Girls. Goldbeck, Elisabeth. Well, that simply wasnt good enough. Medium. Despite the warning, Sarah became pregnant with Clara in late 1904. Elegant Facts About Audrey Hepburn, The Iconic Ingnue, Tragedy Sent Queen Victoria Down A Cruel Road, The Truth Always Comes Out: Dark Family Secrets Exposed, These Jerks Had No Idea Who They Were Messing With, These Mega Embarrassing Moments Still Made Us Burst Out Laughing. Madame de Pompadour was the alluring chief mistress of King Louis XV, but few people know her dark historyor the chilling secret shared by her and Louis. . Clara Bow attended P.S. 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. The brassy Bow wasnt afraid to get into scuffles, either. When Bow was 16 and alone, Robert attacked her in the bedroom. The biggest misconception about Bow is that her career foundered with the coming of sound because her Brooklyn accent was too ugly. "How I broke into the movies". This was a condition apart from the seizures known to cause disordered thinking, delusion, paranoia, and aggressive behavior. When Schulberg learned of this arrangement, he fired Jacobson for potentially getting "his big star" into a scandal. I tried to get my ex-wife served with divorce papers. Her pains were considered delusional and she was diagnosed with schizophrenia;[144] however, she experienced neither auditory nor visual hallucinations. Only this is Clara Bow were talking about, and she didnt have a quitting bone in her. Bow came to personify the . A tabloid called The Coast . We study audience reactions with great care. [51] But first she was lent to First National Pictures to co-star in the adaptation of Gertrude Atherton's 1923 best seller Black Oxen, shot in October, and to co-star with Colleen Moore in Painted People, shot in November. Its an energetic but thankless role but Bow knew full well how inessential she was in that movie. #1 On Your Birthday of Children: 2 Son Son: George Beldam, Jr. , Rex Bell Jr. . "With her beauty, her brains, her personality and her genuine acting ability it should not be many moons before she enjoys stardom in the fullest sense of the word. Though Bow lost her fair share of cat fights in Hollywood, she did have one secret weapon. June 12, 1999 12 AM PT. Both her mother and grandmother were mentally ill and her father was disinterested in both marriage and children (he had left Clara's mother shortly before she went into labor). Clara's grandparents were English and Scottish on her father's side. In 1931, when Bow came under tabloid scrutiny, Parsons defended her and stuck to her first opinion on Bow:[35]. I wish somebody could star Clara Bow. [5] With No Limit and Kick In, Bow held the position as fifth at box-office in 1931, but the pressures of fame, public scandals, and overwork, took their toll on Bow's fragile emotional health. Her lovers included her current leading men, John Gilbert, Charles Farrell, Frederic March, Gilbert Roland, Eddie Cantor, and even Bela Lugosi, who kept a nude portrait of Bow after their affair ended. 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] In 1919, Bow enrolled in Bay Ridge High School for Girls. "Clara Bow testified today at hearing which freed Robert S. Savage of insanity charges in 'suicide bluff' to win her love. My mom never told me how her best friend died. Bows response? [15] Years later, Clara wrote: "I don't suppose two people ever looked death in the face more clearly than my mother and I the morning I was born. You lose a lot of your cuteness, because there's no chance for action, and action is the most important thing to me. 98. She had a miserable home life and few friends, yet films were different. Bow knew she was due for her big break, and she was absolutely determined to get it. RM EC7YYR - Clara Bow, the IT Girl, epitome of razz-ma-tazz, everybody's dreamboat from 1925 to 1930. It makes a full-sized star of Clara Bow. I made a place for myself on the screen and you can't do that by being Mrs. Alcott's idea of a Little Woman.[68]. His last appearance was in The Misfits (1961). I'm a big freak, because I'm myself! [143], In 1949, she checked into The Institute of Living to be treated for her chronic insomnia and diffuse abdominal pains. When she was 16 years old, her mother . When the magnificent Clara Bow passed in 1965 from a heart attack at the young age of 60, she was a has-been by choice. Schulberg. She became extremely withdrawn and at one point attempted suicide. [141], Bow spent her last years in Culver City, under the constant care of a nurse, Estalla Smith, living off an estate worth about $500,000 at the time of her death. For more on Clara Bow, I recommend the biography Runnin Wild, by David Stenn. Making distraction rewarding since 2017. 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. Bow won an evening gown and a silver trophy, and the publisher committed to help her "gain a role in films", but nothing happened. This documentary, "Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl" tells her personal and professional story with screen clips, photos, and interviews with family, friends, and biographer David Stenn. Bow always did know how to hustle. "[80] Bow added that she intended to leave the motion picture business at the expiration of the contract, i.e., in 1931. Usually I was too fat. "But there was always something. He died in 1962. 6.1. Please let us know if a fact weve published is inaccurate (or even if you just suspect its inaccurate) by reaching out to us at [email protected]. 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. [45] Three months before Down to the Sea in Ships was released, Bow danced on a table, uncredited in Enemies of Women (1923). [133] In an interview on December 17, Bow detailed her way back to health:[134] sleep, exercise, and food, and the day after it she returned to Hollywood "for the sole purpose of making enough money to be able to stay out of it. I have to do the best I can," she said. 1930: Clara Bow (1905 - 1965), American leading lady of the 'flapper' era poses seductively in a scene from 'Her Wedding Night', directed by Frank Tuttle for Paramount. Artist: Unknown. Clara Bow was a superstar in the 1920s, yet her birth was not even recorded. Actors were able to get away with racier dress choices, but even Bow raised a few eyebrows when she appeared at a dinner party wearing nothing but a bathing suit. Meanwhile, Bell became Lieutenant Governor of Nevada in 1954. Her appearance as a plucky shopgirl in the film It brought her global fame and the nickname "The It Girl". [130] In April, Bow was taken to a sanatorium and, at her request, Paramount released her from her final undertaking: City Streets (1931). In "Hollywood, the Pioneers", (the Brownlow/Gill mini-series on silent movies), she mentioned Clara Bow as being one of the two "most utterly talented actors' she knew. 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