Dear Reader #211

Dear Reader,

Clara Bow’s fiftieth movie was Paramount on Parade, produced between August 19, 1929 and February 19, 1930, and released on April 19, 1930. Clara appeared in a sequence called The Redhead, performing True to the Navy with a chorus of forty-two sailors. 

Clara admitted that she was not a great singer: “I sorta half-sing, half-talk, with hips – ‘n’ – eye stuff. I don’t like it, but the studio thinks my voice is great.” 

Although not a natural singer – the studio couldn’t be bothered to offer her any training – Clara’s rendition of True to the Navy was so good that it became the title of her next movie.

Kenneth Harlan (July 26, 1895 – March 6, 1967). If you were an actress in Hollywood and hadn’t married him, you must have reckoned that you were doing something wrong – Kenneth married nine times. And he also managed to find time to make 200 movies and serials.

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