Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
With scenes from more than 25 films, a documentary portrait of the screen's first sex symbol
8.3
4 votes
1999
1h 2m
Documentary
TV Movie
Overview
Clara Bow: Discovering the 'It' Girl features scenes from 25 of her films, as well as interviews with family members and acquaintances.
Directed by Hugh Munro Neely
Top cast
Courtney Love
Narrator (voice)
David Stenn
Self - Clara's Biographer
Budd Schulberg
Self - Author and ScreenwriterC
Catherine Mulligan
Self - Clara's FriendR
Rex Bell Jr.
Self - Clara's Son
Baby Peggy
Self - Clara's Co-Star in 'Helen's Babies'
Leonard Maltin
Self - Film Critic and Historian
A.C. Lyles
Self - Producer at Paramount
Marion Shilling
SelfM
Marge Marshall
Self - Clara's Friend
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Self - Clara's Co-Star in 'Wings' (voice)
Jean Arthur
Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage)
Rex Bell
Self (archive footage)
Clara Bow
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Louise Brooks
Self (archive footage)
Gary Cooper
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Richard Cromwell
Self (from Hoopla [1933]) (archive footage)
Marceline Day
Self (from The Wild Party [1929]) (archive footage)
Victor Fleming
Self (archive footage)
John Gilbert
Self (archive footage)Details
Status
Released
Release date
June 14, 1999
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English
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