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  • The Most Timeless Hairstyle Of All Time?

    the 1920s, some short-haired stars like Clara Bow opted for a curly bob while others, like Louise Brooks, attempted a more angular cut. A similar edgy shape regained popularity in the 1960s when Vidal Sassoon gave style icons Mia Farrow and Mary Quant his 5/30/12 from Styledash Read more »

  • The long-tail value of content was on display last weekend at the TCM Classic Film Festival, where auds took in Baby Peggy shorts from the 1920s. Digital dynamos making own brand stands

    by genre -- screwball comedies, noir, melodramas, epics -- or by star power -- Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Marlene Dietrich, Clara Bow, Carole Lombard, Peter Sellers, et al. The group of four 40-something femme friends that I sat next to at Sunday's screening   from Variety Read more »

  • Inside 'Clarissa Explains It All' with Creator Mitchell Kriegman

    uniquely “androgynous” quality born of what Elinor Glyn was talking about when she coined the phrase “It Girl” in reference to Clara Bow: “A nameless charm, a special magnetism that attracts both sexes.” Sure, Clarissa (and, I suppose, Melissa Joan Hart) was   from The Awl Read more »

About Clara Bow

Clara Gordon Bow (July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom in the silent film era of the 1920s. It was her appearance as a spunky shopgirl in the film It that brought her global fame and the nickname "The It Girl." Bow came to personify the roaring twenties and is described as its leading sex symbol. She appeared in 46 silent films and 11 talkies, including hits such as Mantrap (1926), It (1927) and Wings (1927). She was named first box-office draw in 1928 and 1929 and second box-office draw in 1927 and 1930. Her presence in a motion picture was said to have ensured investors, by odds of almost 2-to-1, a "safe return". In January 1929, at the apex of her stardom, she received more than 45,000 fan letters. After marrying actor Rex Bell in 1931, Bow ended her career in 1933 with the film Hoop-La, becoming a rancher in Nevada.

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