Evening star., 1931-04-24
FILM STARS GIVEN
SM|RCH PROTECTION
Employers Are Reused by
"UnWarranted Attack on
Clara Bow"
ri MOLLrE MERRICK.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, April "a
CNAN.A.1 Producer of the movie
colony are agreed that a stand must
be made to protect the interest OF stars
In whom they have invested big money.
So Paramounts decision to stand oacE
Of Clara Bow in the affair OF the ar
ticles recently published meets with the
enthusiastic support Of other producers.
ali OF whom at some time or other have
suffered from this sort Of thing.
BENJAMIN Schulberg's statement that
sthe attack on Miss Bow Is unwar-
rarted" shows the trend OF the on1clas
course she has given the public her
best efforts and has made clean, inter-
esting pictures and will continue to do
So" he said
Daisv De Voc former secretary OF the
eft" girl. admits that she gave Girnau
legal authority to publish story or hef
life with Clara Bow.
Branded ~ Strange Thing.
The story told by Paramount ofacials
brands this latest Hollywood story as
one of the strange things which arise
from time to time in the professional
In this particular case Harry Herr
br1ln chief counsel for Paramount
Studios, alleges that Girnau, puollsher
OF the news sheet involved. called on
him prior to the publishing OF the
articles and demanded tnat the III II
girl be removed from the films. Herr
br,In saws he refused to have any deal
tngs with the man.
Through the entire muddle moves
the figure of Daisy De Voc. Sim,
blonde. young. A bit plumper than
of yore. for the prison sentence sne
served was brief and but tended 10
give her rest and relaxation atter
strenuous days. She was convicted on
hut / of 35 counts OF grand theft
tI1e matter of a fur coat-and her IN
generation was brief.
To bring suit against this former
ehum Of Clara Bows merely throws
the entire sordid story into public hgnt
and thereby spreads its broadcast the
world over. Hence producers desire 10
retain the box ONCE integrity OF cara
Bow may result in Daisy De Voc oelng
totally ignored on the slander basis.
Situation Interesting.
When the court room trial OF the
secretary brought the emotional cara
before the public eye the situation pc
came one OF the most interesting ths
locale had ever seen. There were tears
and eye-fiashings and finally. on DAISY
De Woes part. the steady. steeiy i-ok
of one resigned to bitterness ana 10
what the future might bring.
The future has brought the publica-
ton of these alleged details OF her life
with one of the most widely puoiicized
stare motion picture history has ever
known. As this story breaks, Clara
Bows most recent picture, Kick In,
is ready for release. In it the volatile
Clara plays the part Of modest. loving
little wife and mother-to-be. who points
the straight way for an erring husban
despite numerous temptations when ms
prison term Is over. 1t is straight
t1art-with none of the red-hot stun
which has become synonymous with
Clara Bow. In it the 1T girl appears
sympathetic and attractive. but there
is definite lessening of that electric
appeal which has made audiences con-
scious of her strange vital personanty.
Her studio reports her in retirement
today. Rumor credits her with being
absolutely crushed at this most recent
development.
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