Clara Bow
When she was 14 her father encouraged her to enter a "Fame & Fortune" Contest in which she won the chance to appear in a motion picture. The motion picture she obtained a part in was called Beyond the Rainbow, her part however was cut out of the film until much later. Determination and director Elmer Clifton, who saw her picture in a magazine, lead her to her next picture; Down to the Sea in Ships. For her role she was mentioned favorably in several reviews. After this her father took her to Maxine Alton, a New York actress-playwright-agent, who managed to induce J.G. Bachman, the partner of B.P. Schulberg in Preferred Pictures, to give her a three-month contract at $50 a week, plus the fare to Hollywood. When introduced to Schulberg, Bow was pathecically dressed and mannered and was about to be written off when Alton urged him to test her personality. He ran her through a range of emotions and when she on command went from later to full out tears he through up his arms and told A
, 1927) put her at the top, making her name. " Next came Clara Bow's stepping stone to fame, a role in Black Oxen (Frank Lloyd Productions, for First National, 1924) in which she was given fifth billing and received good reviews. In 1932, Clara Bow and her husband Rex Bell went back to Hollywood. Her first Paramount film was Dancing Mothers (Famous Players-Lasky, 1926). Timeline:Born: July 29, 19051921 Entered a "Fame and Fortune" contest1922 Beyond the Rainbow1922 Down to the Sea in Ship1923 The Daring Years1923 The Enemies of Women1923 Maytime1924 Black1924 Black Lightening 1924 Black Oxen1924 Daughters of Pleasure1924 Empty Hearts1924 Grit1924 Helen's Babies1924 Poisened Paradice1924 This Women1924 Wine1925 The Adventurous Sex1925 The Ancient Mariner1925 The Best Bad Man1925 Capital Punishment1925 Eve's Lover1925 Free to Love1925 The Keeper of the Bees1925 Kiss Me Again1925 Lawful Cheaters1925 My Lady of Whims1925 My Lady's Lips1925 Parisian Love1925 The Plastic Age (her first major hit)1925 The Primrose Path1925 The Scarlet West1926 Dancing Mothers1926 Fascinating Youth1926 Kid Boots1926 Mantrap1926 The Runaway1926 The Shadow of the Law1926 Two Can Play1927 Children of Divorce1927 Get Your Man1927 Hula1927 It!1927 Rough House Rosie1927 Wings1928 The Fleet's In1928 Ladies of the Mob1928 Red Hair1928 Three Weekends1929 Dangerous Curves1929 The Saturday Night Kid1929 The Wild Party (Her first soundie)1930 Her Wedding Night1930 Love Among the Millionaires1930 Paramount on Parade1930 Breeched her contract with Paramount1930 True to the Navy1931 Kick It1931 No Limit1932 She married Rex Bell1932 Signed a contract with Fox1932 Call Her Savage1933 Hoopla 1934 Had her first son; Rex Anthony1938 Had her second son; George Robert. Because of It, Clara became one of the five top box-office attractions and was immediately put to work simultaneously in Wings (Paramount Famous Lasky Corp. Clara Bow worked hard to accomplish fourteen films in 1925, eight in 1926, and six in 1927. This as well as her past in Mantrap established Bow as the flapper. There she signed a contract with Fox to help out Sam Rork who was in need of a production and also to prove wrong an article in a magazine that accused Bow as being beaten by scandal. Clara had third billing and played a flapper daughter. After finishing Hoopla in 1933 she retired for good. Then It! (Paramount Famous Lasky Corp. By the time she shot Three Weekends in 1928 (her 47th film) she was Paramount's strongest asset.
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