Clara Bow ' S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT August 10, 1931 20 Pages Complete
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This is a vintage original 8.5 x 13 in. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of motion picture actress Clara Bow. Dated August 10, 1931 and prepared by the Los Angeles firm of Stephens & Stephens, Miss Bow's Last Will and Testament consists of 20 pages on 8.5 x 13 in. onion skin stock with have been inserted into an outer light blue cover and bound by two metal staples at the top. Within the document, Miss Bow specifies: provisions in respect to [her] remains; the disposition of her clothing, jewel...ry, automobiles (including a Rolls-Royce), dogs and trophies, and a cattle ranch, as well as her instructions as to what should happen should a certain beneficiary die. The last page (20) features a typewritten signature and not an actual handwritten signature of Clara Bow where indicated.
This vintage original Last Will and Testament of Clara Bow is complete and in overall very fine condition. The interior pages are all in very fine condition and the outer jacket has random wear along the side edges. Silent Cinema Inc. (the seller here) guarantees the authenticity of this Last Will and Testament of Clara Bow.
Clara Gordon Bow (July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom in silent film during the 1920’s and successfully made the transition to "talkies" after 1927. Her appearance as a plucky shopgirl 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), which was the first film to win the "Best Picture" Academy Award. 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.
This vintage original Last Will and Testament of Clara Bow is complete and in overall very fine condition. The interior pages are all in very fine condition and the outer jacket has random wear along the side edges. Silent Cinema Inc. (the seller here) guarantees the authenticity of this Last Will and Testament of Clara Bow.
Clara Gordon Bow (July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom in silent film during the 1920’s and successfully made the transition to "talkies" after 1927. Her appearance as a plucky shopgirl 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), which was the first film to win the "Best Picture" Academy Award. 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.
