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  1. #51
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    I wouldn't doubt it. Clara was abused as a young girl by her father. She deinitely had issues which caused in her being "loose." But Clara just wanted to be loved.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Danny62 View Post
    Bela Lugosi was sexually involved with her I believe in the early 30's?

    He had a huge painting or her nude he pretty much kept thru out life.

    The It Girl

    In 1927, Bow reached the heights of her popularity with the film It; the film was based on a story written by Elinor Glyn, and upon the film's release, Bow became known as "The It Girl". In Glynn's story, It, a character explains what "It" really is: "It...that strange magnetism which attracts both sexes...entirely unself-conscious...full of self-confidence...indifferent to the effect...she is producing and uninfluenced by others." More commonly, "It" was taken to mean sex appeal. "It, hell," quipped Dorothy Parker, "She had those."[8]
    This image was enhanced by various off-screen love affairs publicized by the tabloid press. However, some Hollywood insiders considered her socially undesirable, especially in light of rumored sexual escapades with many famous men of the time. Bela Lugosi, Gary Cooper, Gilbert Roland, John Wayne, director Victor Fleming, and John Gilbert were all reputed to have been among her many lovers. In 1929, Lugosi's wife, Beatrice Weeks, cited Bow as the other party in their divorce.

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    While working on my Grandfather's Bio when he was turning 90, I asked him what it was like to go to the movies at his young age and who was his favorites. He said he saved his pennies so he could go see Clara Bow as she was the girl. 90 years old, he gave a big smile and said, "she was the IT girl, she had it all. The most beautiful girl I ever saw, until I met your Grandmother." His favorite movie? "Anything with Clara Bow of course or Hoot Gibson, he was my hero." I have a great Hoot Gibson story I'll share on his story.

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    He said he saved his pennies so he could go see Clara Bow as she was the girl. 90 years old, he gave a big smile and said, "she was the IT girl, she had it all. The most beautiful girl I ever saw, until I met your Grandmother."
    That is just too sweet!!! I remember talking to one of my patients at work, also in her 90's. I mentioned Rudolph Valentino and her eyes just lit up, and she fondly remembers going to see him in the theater, and just swooning over him. I wonder who we are all going to remember swooning over when we reach that age.
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    Justin Timberlake. lol

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    Awesome pics Northern. Clara Bow fascinates me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mdespain38 View Post
    Awesome pics Northern.
    Thanks!

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    Here??s an interesting documentary about Bow, including comments from her wonderful biographer David Stenn and her daughter-in-law (Tony??s wife) ?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98wtDTbGBvk

    This is a musical short where Clara sings and dances, it??s kind of unnerving watching her eyes as she glances up time and again, towards that demon microphone ?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VSa1KIRhA0

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    I thought it was Mae West who allegedly banged the USC football team.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joee View Post
    I thought it was Mae West who allegedly banged the USC football team.
    I've always read it was Clara Bow.
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    Clara Bows it is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave62 View Post
    Here’s an interesting documentary about Bow, including comments from her wonderful biographer David Stenn and her daughter-in-law (Tony’s wife) …

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98wtDTbGBvk

    This is a musical short where Clara sings and dances, it’s kind of unnerving watching her eyes as she glances up time and again, towards that demon microphone …

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VSa1KIRhA0
    nice documentary! thank you for sharing!

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    Quote Originally Posted by cindyt View Post
    I've always read it was Clara Bow.
    I believe that story originated from that infamous tabloid hit piece on her, but not sure. Still the idea of Clara taking on the entire team always seemed farfetched in spite of her countless nights with countless Hollywood types.

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    The USC football orgy story seems to be, like most things written by Kenneth Anger, not true.

    http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/clarabow.asp

    The bio by Daniel Stenn is one of the best out there. I only read the book due to all the rumors about Clara. By the time I got done with the book, I just wanted to hug the dear woman, if she was still alive.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave62 View Post
    Here??s an interesting documentary about Bow, including comments from her wonderful biographer David Stenn and her daughter-in-law (Tony??s wife) ?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98wtDTbGBvk

    This is a musical short where Clara sings and dances, it??s kind of unnerving watching her eyes as she glances up time and again, towards that demon microphone ?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VSa1KIRhA0
    Yes, I saw that documentary about her years ago, on A&E I think it was. Excellent!
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    I read a book about her so long ago that I don't remember the title or anything specific except the football player gossip being denounced and that it was a good read.
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    The football team rumor I think has long been debunked as fiction.

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    The football team sounds like another "Hollywood Babylon" myth. I remember hearing about it as well. "The It Girl" was on Turner Classic Movies last week or so. Clara really did have "IT" sex appeal. I think her notoriety was due in large part to the hypocrisy society exhibits in judging liberated free-spirited women. The old double standard at work. Sad hearing of the abuse she suffered and her mental health issues.

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    I always thought the USC football team having their way with a famous actress had to be myth. That would've been in incredibly bad taste for any actress of any morality; now if the rumor involved Notre Dame it would've been a real career enhancer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joee View Post
    I always thought the USC football team having their way with a famous actress had to be myth. That would've been in incredibly bad taste for any actress of any morality; now if the rumor involved Notre Dame it would've been a real career enhancer.
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    The actress I always heard reputed to have "pulled a train" with the USC football team was Thelma Todd, the original "Hot Toddy".

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    where about was her house on google view ? thanks

    Quote Originally Posted by Princess Kim View Post
    I looked it up on Google Maps' Street View. There's a house there, but I have no idea if it's the original.

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    thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joee View Post
    I always thought the USC football team having their way with a famous actress had to be myth. That would've been in incredibly bad taste for any actress of any morality; now if the rumor involved Notre Dame it would've been a real career enhancer.
    Naw, Pat O'Brien would have never allowed that.

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    I read somewhere that 'ol Marion was in the team that did Clara, though no empiric evidence existed he participated.
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    Here is Clara's house in Culver City. It is the original home, only the exterior has changed a little. It was previously all stucco. Looks like they added some wood siding to it over the years.

    https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=...ulver+City,+CA
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    Quote Originally Posted by neilmpenny View Post
    I read somewhere that 'ol Marion was in the team that did Clara, though no empiric evidence existed he participated.
    Ol' Marion didn't strike me as the kind of guy that would know what to do with a woman unless he had a script in front of him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by radiojane View Post
    Ol' Marion didn't strike me as the kind of guy that would know what to do with a woman unless he had a script in front of him.
    I think you may be right about that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lisalouver View Post
    The football team rumor I think has long been debunked as fiction.
    This rumor has also been attributed to Dorothy Sebastian and Raquell Torres.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Danny62 View Post
    Bela Lugosi was sexually involved with her I believe in the early 30's?

    He had a huge painting or her nude he pretty much kept thru out life.
    Found the nude you were talking about!
    http://beladraculalugosi.files.wordp...2/lot-5871.jpg

    from this site: http://beladraculalugosi.wordpress.c...ll-at-auction/

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    Bela Lugosi was sexually involved with her I believe in the early 30's?

    In the documentary ??Discovering the It Girl? the widow of one Bela??s coworkers is briefly interviewed. She claims that her husband worked with Bela while he was touring onstage as Dracula during the 20??s. Bela showed her husband his bare back, covered in little bite marks, and Bela gleefully told the man how he got the marks: ??Clara, Clara !?

    My favorite anecdote about Clara allegedly happened during the early sound era. Apparently a fire broke out somewhere on the Studio Lot; when Clara heard someone shouting ??Fire, fire !? she opened her dressing room door, stuck her head out and said ??I hope to Christ it??s the sound stage.? Then there??s the time she was supposedly asked ??Miss Bow, when you sum it up, what exactly is ??IT?? ?? Clara waited a second or two and replied : ??I ain??t sure.?

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    The Hefner-produced documentary, Clara Bow: Discovering the 'It' Girl:


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    A BBC documentary on Clara:


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    Clara Bow episode of Kevin Brownlow's 1980 documentary series, Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film:


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    Clara's biographer David Stenn has commented (below in italics) on Instagram that Clara's second son George has died at age 86. If and when I find a link to his obituary I'll add it, in the meantime here's a link to his brother's obituary (Rex Jr. died of cancer in 2011).

    https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries...ry?id=10032722
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...x_anthony-bell


    https://www.instagram.com/realdavidstenn/

    So sad to announce George Bell, second son of Clara Bow and Rex Bell, has passed away at age 86. As this previously unseen pic from Clara’s personal collection shows, mother (with poodle Angel) and her “Georgie” looked alike and adored each other.

    George’s big brother Rex Jr. was an extrovert who became a powerful attorney and popular politician (like his father). By contrast George was shy, creative, and private (like his mother). Despite being so different, the brothers stayed bonded all their lives, which I admired from the moment I met them. It says so much about their parents as well.

    George Bell is survived by his son and grandsons. His gentle spirit will be missed.

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