Happy Birthday: Clara Bow!

Clara Gordon Bow (July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965), rose to stardom in the silent film era of the 1920s. Her performance in the film, "It" brought her the nickname "The It Girl." Bow came to personify the roaring twenties and is described as its leading sex symbol. She performed in 46 silent films and 11 talkies. Some of her best known films: Mantrap (1926), It (1927) and Wings (1927). Bow ended her career with the film, Hoop-La (1933), and became a rancher in Nevada. In 1931 she married actor Rex Bell, later politician and Lieutenant Governor, with whom she had two sons.

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Honors: For her contributions to the motion picture industry, Bow was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In 1994, she was honored with an image on a United States postage stamp designed by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld.

Fun Facts:
 

Helen Kane

Max Fleischer's cartoon character Betty Boop was modeled after Bow and entertainer Helen Kane (the "boop-boop-a-doop-girl").

 

Silent Film, "It (1927)".

I just finished watching the silent film, "It(1927)"with Clara Bow. I really enjoyed this very fast paced and cute comedy. Clara gives a very cute performance in a scene where she is making funny faces at her friends baby. I also enjoyed The scenes at coney island and the subtitles with the 1920's slang.

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