Dear Reader #205

Dear Reader,

Delighted to say that Tula, book one in my Golden Age of Hollywood series, is currently in the top fifty of Amazon’s Psychological Fiction chart 🙂

Amazon informs me that “This is what customers read after reading Tula.”

Naturally, I’m delighted that my Golden Age of Hollywood novel should find a place amongst such august company 🙂

Clara Bow’s forty-fourth movie was Ladies of the Mob produced between April 10 and May 1, 1928, and released on June 30, 1928. Clara played Yvonne in a true story about a lifer in Folsom Prison.

Writer Elinor Glyn and MGM executive Paul Bern recognised that Clara had the potential to become a great serious/tragic actress and that she was better suited to these roles than the frivolous comedies that producer B.P. Schulberg placed her in. Clara too wanted to take on more challenging roles. 

Ladies of the Mob offered Clara a chance to display her full acting talent. However, first Schulberg wanted her to act in more money spinners, the frivolous comedies. How could Clara get out of these comedies without breaking her contract?

Clara came up with a solution. For some time, she had been suffering from abdominal pains, diagnosed as appendicitis. She decided that now was the time to have an operation. Clara was not well educated, but she was street smart.

Clara Bow in 1922 the year she filmed Down to the Sea in Ships, regarded by some as her first movie because the five scenes she filmed for Beyond the Rainbow earlier in 1922 were cut from the final print, only to be restored when she became a star. Her billing in Beyond the Rainbow also moved up from ninth to third when she achieved stardom.

Ruth Chatterton (December 24, 1892 – November 24, 1961) in Unfaithful (1931). Ruth was a stage, film, television actress and a novelist. In the 1930s she was also an aviator, one of the few female pilots in the United States at the time, which ties-in with my latest Hollywood novel, Sunshine.

At the 1947 Academy Awards, Joan Fontaine presented the Best Actor Award, Ray Milland presented the Best Actress Award, while Lana Turner presented the “Scoring Awards” 🤔

Favourite Movie Quote of the 20th Century Poll

Result: 67% v 33%

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Result: 83% v 17%

My latest article for the Seaside News, about The 39 Steps, appears on page 40 of the magazine.

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As ever, thank you for your interest and support.

Hannah xxx

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