Bonnie and Clyde

Bonnie and Clyde (Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow) were infamous bank robbers who traveled the central United States during the Great Depression, often with various members of the Barrow gang.

Legacy

Clyde Barrow is buried in the Western Heights Cemetery and Bonnie Parker in the Crown Hill Memorial Park, both in Dallas, Texas.

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Bonnie and Clyde were among the first celebrity criminals of the modern era. Clyde is alleged to have written a letter to the Ford Motor Company praising their "dandy car", signing it "Clyde Champion Barrow", though the handwriting has never been authenticated. (Ford received a similar letter around the same time from someone claiming to be John Dillinger and used both for car advertisements.) Bonnie's poem, "The Story of Bonnie and Clyde", was published in several newspapers.

Related Topics:
Ford Motor Company - John Dillinger

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In 1967, Arthur Penn directed a romanticized film version of the tale. Bonnie and Clyde, which starred Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, was critically acclaimed and contributed significantly to the glamorous image of the criminal pair. The next year Brigitte Bardot interpreted a Serge Gainsbourg song about them.

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Arthur Penn - Bonnie and Clyde - Warren Beatty - Faye Dunaway - Brigitte Bardot - Serge Gainsbourg

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Dorothy Provine also starred in the 1958 movie The Bonnie Parker Story. The first film based on Bonnie and Clyde was made only three years after their deaths and titled You Only Live Once, starring Henry Fonda and Sylvia Sydney. Furthermore, the 1997 Eminem song "97' Bonnie and Clyde" is a twisted adaptation of the two bank robbers. The duo is also referenced in The Tears' song "Refugees".

Related Topics:
The Bonnie Parker Story - You Only Live Once - Henry Fonda - Sylvia Sydney - Eminem - The Tears' - Refugees

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The Bonnie and Clyde death site, still comparatively isolated on Highway 154 in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, is commemorated by two markers — one of stone (now almost destroyed by souvenir thieves) and a newer one of metal.{{ref|ambush}} Every year near the anniversary of the ambush, a "Bonnie and Clyde Festival" is hosted in the town of Gibsland, Louisiana.{{ref|festival}}

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