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...Clara Bow, 43, "It" Girl of cinema's flapper era, better known to a later generation as radio's first "Mrs. Hush," would come out of retirement, briefly, for a stage appearance. The show: a Santa Fe straw-hat production of Personal Appearance. Her role: a man-crazy movie actress on tour. Now the wife of a rancher (ex-Movie Cowboy Rex Bell) and mother of two children, Clara was doing it strictly "for fun." A Hollywood comeback later on? Not a chance, said she: "I had my babies and I like the life in Nevada . . ." After...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jul. 4, 1949 | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

Friends say Lara, though he is now married to a 19-year-old chorus girl named Clara Martínez, still worships María. Last week, while he was playing and singing at Mexico City's Capri nightclub, Diego and Frida Rivera entered with María Félix, were ushered to a ringside table. Lara stopped the song he was singing, switched to Palabras de Mujer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Incident at the Capri | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

Valpey had special words for the new men up at Stanford. Of the freshmen, Art estimated that between five and eight would possibly make the starting team. The transfers--men that found Yuba, Glendale, Colorado, and Santa Clara unsatisfactory--should also fit into the picture pretty nicely...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: The Sporting Scene | 5/6/1949 | See Source »

Down to the Sea in Ships (20th Century-Fox), first filmed in 1922, was a brawling forerunner of today's semidocumentary, despite a sugary love story and the presence of Clara ("the It Girl") Bow, who was rolled aboard in a barrel. For the old silent version, Director Elmer Clifton persuaded the citizens of New Bedford, Mass, to supply the cash and most of the cast. Then he chartered a real whaler, and along with his cameramen and a crew of real whaling men, set out for the Caribbean to catch real whales...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Mar. 7, 1949 | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

...Sacramento, Calif., Governor Earl Warren, participant in one of the week's big upsets, sat through another one: unbeaten little Nevada lost, 14-0, to Santa Clara. A fortnight ago, Nevada's star quarterback, 190-lb. Stan Heath, set a new intercollegiate forward-passing record, has now gained 1,758 yards by passing this season. But Santa Clara rushed him so hard that he had trouble getting his passes off. Even so, Quarterback Heath, son of an old big-league catcher, is regarded by pro teams as one of the prize catches of the 1948 season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Upset Saturday | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

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