Dear Reader #202

Dear Reader,

Fresh from the printer, the first batch of Tula 🙂

Clara Bow’s forty-first movie was Hula, produced between June 9 – July 8, 1927, released August 27, 1927. Clara played the title character.

Banned intertitles, lines spoken by Clara (of course): “Kiss me, love me, begin again.” “Oh, ya do love me, Saint Anthony.”

Hula is a formula post “It” Clara Bow movie: Clara basically plays herself; her leading man is nondescript; low budget; flash as much flesh as possible. Once again, Clara’s talent was sacrificed for the raking in of the mighty dollar.

While some men viewed Hula as nothing more than a sex object, women viewed her as a liberated woman. Clara’s performance complete with her trademark “triple-take” – each look designed to hook a particular section of the audience – had everything to do with that.

Mastodon 1970s Mega Movie Poll, Last Sixteen

Star Wars 70% v 30% Apocalypse Now

Mad Max 45% v 55% All the President’s Men

Monty Python’s Life of Brian 75% v 25% The Deer Hunter

Jaws 65% v 35% Taxi Driver

The Godfather 69% v 31% Chinatown

Quarter-Finals

Monty Python and the Holy Grail 70% v 30% M*A*S*H

Star Wars 52% v 48% Alien

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As ever, thank you for your interest and support.

Hannah xxx

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