Dispute Fails To Spell End Of Engagement

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 857, 28 December 1929, Page 23

Dispute Fails To Spell End Of Engagement

7 ragedy Threatened Clara Bow’s Romance REUNION AFTER PARTY In the past month or two Hollywood has been filled with strange stories about Clara Bow’s attachment to Harry Richman, a wealthy cabaret performer and night club owner. Some time ago their engagement was announced and pictured on this page. So the little red head’s romance haHes U i e n nd h d by , 1 kuife ’ a “d Clam Bow stab wrtar wl ‘ h a self-inflicted stab, writes Gayne Dexter in th<s Svd ney “Evening News ” y Nerves stretched to snapping point by unremitting work; the bottle of

sedatives by her bedside: her engagement to Harry Richman, which everybody called a publicity stunt; her revolt against the roles in which she was cast—all these have been vivid patches in

the crazy-quilt of Clara's life dur-

ing the last few months. It couldn’t go on; her nerves had to crack; and, if the inside story could be known, perhaps Richman’s refusal to marry her would not be the entire driving power behind that knife. Hollywood Views If it was, then the news that Clara took her engagement seriously will come as a surprise to Hollywood, where odds of 12 to 1 against marriage were quoted. Impressed with Richman’s talkie possibilities, a producer brought him to Hollywood, but discovered that Richman’s name was unknown outside New York. He needed publicity badly, as an introduction to theatre-goers, and the surest means was his engagement to some established star. It’s an old, old stunt, which nonenti-