Moving Picture Stories – April 16, 1929 – Clara Bow

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This is the April 16, 1929, issue of Moving Picture Stories, featuring a photo of actress Clara Bow on the cover (and an ad for the book “Love Explained” on the back cover). The magazine contains several articles/stories, as well as black & white photos. It contains 32 pages and measures approximately 8 x 11 inches. There are no advertisements (except for the one on the back cover). Clara Gordon Bow (July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an actress who rose to stardom during the silent film era of the 1920s and successfully made the transition to "talkies" in 1929. Her appearance as a plucky shop girl in the film “It” brought her global fame and the nickname "The It Girl." Bow came to personify the Roaring Twenties and is described as its leading sex symbol. Bow appeared in 46 silent films and 11 talkies, including hits such as Mantrap (1926), It (1927), and Wings (1927). She was named first box-office draw in 1928 and 1929 and second box-office draw in 1927 and 1930. Her presence in a motion picture was said to have ensured investors, by odds of almost two-to-one, a "safe return." At the apex of her stardom, she received more than 45,000 fan letters in a single month (January 1929). Two years after marrying actor Rex Bell in 1931, Bow retired from acting and became a rancher in Nevada. Her final film, Hoop-La, was released in 1933. In September 1965, Bow died of a heart attack at the age of 60. One of the movies featured in the magazine is The Sin Sister. It is a lost 1929

• Year: 1929
• Condition: Very Good

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