Dear Reader #199

Dear Reader,

Clara Bow’s thirty-eighth movie was It, her career-defining film. Produced between October 7 and November 6, 1926, It was released on February 19, 1927. Clara played shopgirl, Betty Lou Spence.

Co-star Priscilla Bonner said of Clara: “Clara always ‘gave’ to me in a scene. She worked with the other actor, and she worked hard. Always on time, very businesslike, and absolutely no ‘star temperament.’”

Variety said: “This Bow girl certainly has that certain ‘It’ for which the picture is named, and she just runs away with the film.”

It broke box office records across America and made Clara Bow the icon of her generation. 

From the backstreets of Brooklyn to the number one actress in Hollywood, Clara had been on quite a journey. Where could she go from here?

The Mastodon 1970s Mega Movie Poll, First Round

Taxi Driver 69% v 31% Don’t Look Now

Twilight’s Last Gleaming 74% v 26% Go Tell the Spartans

Round Two

Monty Python and the Holy Grail 62% v 38% Young Frankenstein

The Godfather Part II 34% v 66% Alien

Network 56% v 44% Murder on the Orient Express

Star Wars 86% v 14% Grease

M*A*S*H 77% v 23% Catch-22

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As ever, thank you for your interest and support.

Hannah xxx

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