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Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

19997.7 / 1062 min
Documentary, TV Movie

Overview

With scenes from more than 25 films, a documentary portrait of the screen's first sex symbol

Clara Bow: Discovering the 'It' Girl features scenes from 25 of her films, as well as interviews with family members and acquaintances.

Cast

Courtney Love

Courtney Love

Narrator (voice)

David Stenn

David Stenn

Self - Clara's Biographer

Budd Schulberg

Budd Schulberg

Self - Author and Screenwriter

Catherine Mulligan

Catherine Mulligan

Self - Clara's Friend

Rex Bell Jr.

Rex Bell Jr.

Self - Clara's Son

Baby Peggy

Baby Peggy

Self - Clara's Co-Star in 'Helen's Babies'

Leonard Maltin

Leonard Maltin

Self - Film Critic and Historian

A.C. Lyles

A.C. Lyles

Self - Producer at Paramount

Marion Shilling

Marion Shilling

Self

Marge Marshall

Marge Marshall

Self - Clara's Friend

Charles 'Buddy' Rogers

Charles 'Buddy' Rogers

Self - Clara's Co-Star in 'Wings' (voice)

Jean Arthur

Jean Arthur

Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage)

Rex Bell

Rex Bell

Self (archive footage)

Clara Bow

Clara Bow

Self / Various Roles (archive footage)

Louise Brooks

Louise Brooks

Self (archive footage)

Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper

Self / Various Roles (archive footage)

Richard Cromwell

Richard Cromwell

Self (from Hoopla [1933]) (archive footage)

Marceline Day

Marceline Day

Self (from The Wild Party [1929]) (archive footage)

Victor Fleming

Victor Fleming

Self (archive footage)

John Gilbert

John Gilbert

Self (archive footage)

Elinor Glyn

Elinor Glyn

Self - Author of 'It' (archive footage)

Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow

Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage)

Donald Keith

Donald Keith

Self (from The Plastic Age [1925]) (archive footage)

Tom Kennedy

Tom Kennedy

Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)

Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi

Self (archive footage)

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Self (archive footage)

Edna May Oliver

Edna May Oliver

Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage)

Esther Ralston

Esther Ralston

Self (archive footage)

Gilbert Roland

Gilbert Roland

Self / Various Roles (archive footage)

Ernest Torrence

Ernest Torrence

Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)

Crew

Hugh Munro Neely

Hugh Munro Neely

Director

Hugh Munro Neely

Hugh Munro Neely

Writer

John J. Flynn

John J. Flynn

Writer

Elaina Archer

Elaina Archer

Writer

Elaina Archer

Elaina Archer

Producer