Acting
Clara Bow
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Clara Gordon Bow (July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom in silent films during the 1920s and successfully made the transition to "talkies" after 1927. Her appearance as a plucky shopgirl in the film It 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. Bow 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 two-to-one, a "safe return". At the apex of her stardom, she received more than 45,000 fan letters in a single month (January 1929). Two years after marrying actor Rex Bell in 1931, Bow retired from acting and became a rancher in Nevada. Her final film, Hoop-La, was released in 1933. In September 1965, Bow died of a heart attack at the age of 60.
Filmography
Hodgepodge
Film · 2025
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
Film · 2012
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Film · 2011
Sigrid Holmquist
Film · 2010
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture
Film · 2010
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Film · 2007
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Film · 2002
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Film · 1999
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Film · 1995
The Casting Couch
Film · 1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Film · 1995
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Film · 1988
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Film · 1986
The Muppets Go to the Movies
Film · 1981
Hollywood
Series · 1980
Yesterday and Today
Film · 1953
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
Film · 1949
Hoopla
Film · 1933
The Film Parade
Film · 1933
Call Her Savage
Film · 1932
No Limit
Film · 1931
Kick In
Film · 1931
The House That Shadows Built
Film · 1931
True to the Navy
Film · 1930
Love Among the Millionaires
Film · 1930
Her Wedding Night
Film · 1930
Paramount on Parade
Film · 1930
The Wild Party
Film · 1929
Dangerous Curves
Film · 1929
The Saturday Night Kid
Film · 1929
Ladies of the Mob
Film · 1928
Red Hair
Film · 1928
Three Week Ends
Film · 1928
The Fleet's In
Film · 1928
Wings
Film · 1927
It
Film · 1927
Rough House Rosie
Film · 1927
Hula
Film · 1927
Get Your Man
Film · 1927
Children of Divorce
Film · 1927
Mantrap
Film · 1926
Dancing Mothers
Film · 1926
Kid Boots
Film · 1926
The Runaway
Film · 1926
Shadow of the Law
Film · 1926
Fascinating Youth
Film · 1926
Two Can Play
Film · 1926
Parisian Love
Film · 1925
Free to Love
Film · 1925
My Lady of Whims
Film · 1925
The Plastic Age
Film · 1925
Capital Punishment
Film · 1925
The Primrose Path
Film · 1925
Kiss Me Again
Film · 1925
The Best Bad Man
Film · 1925
My Lady's Lips
Film · 1925
The Keeper of the Bees
Film · 1925
The Ancient Mariner
Film · 1925
The Scarlet West
Film · 1925
The Adventurous Sex
Film · 1925
The Lawful Cheater
Film · 1925
Eve's Lover
Film · 1925
This Woman
Film · 1924
Poisoned Paradise
Film · 1924
Helen's Babies
Film · 1924
Daughters of Pleasure
Film · 1924
Black Lightning
Film · 1924
Empty Hearts
Film · 1924
Wine
Film · 1924
Grit
Film · 1924
Black Oxen
Film · 1923
Maytime
Film · 1923
The Pill Pounder
Film · 1923
The Daring Years
Film · 1923
Enemies of Women
Film · 1923
Enemies of Women
Film · 1923
Down to the Sea in Ships
Film · 1922
Beyond the Rainbow
Film · 1922