Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

Hugh Munro Neely
1999-06-14

With scenes from more than 25 films, a documentary portrait of the screen's first sex symbol
7.7
62 min

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

Cast

Name Character Team
Courtney Love Narrator (voice) Unowned
David Stenn Self - Clara's Biographer Unowned
Budd Schulberg Self - Author and Screenwriter Unowned
Catherine Mulligan Self - Clara's Friend Unowned
Rex Bell Jr. Self - Clara's Son Unowned
Baby Peggy Self - Clara's Co-Star in 'Helen's Babies' Unowned
Leonard Maltin Self - Film Critic and Historian Unowned
A.C. Lyles Self - Producer at Paramount Unowned
Marion Shilling Self Unowned
Marge Marshall Self - Clara's Friend Unowned
Charles "Buddy" Rogers Self - Clara's Co-Star in 'Wings' (voice) Unowned
Jean Arthur Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage) Unowned
Rex Bell Self (archive footage) Unowned
Clara Bow Self / Various Roles (archive footage) Unowned
Louise Brooks Self (archive footage) Unowned
Gary Cooper Self / Various Roles (archive footage) Unowned
Richard Cromwell Self (from Hoopla [1933]) (archive footage) Unowned
Marceline Day Self (from The Wild Party [1929]) (archive footage) Unowned
Victor Fleming Self (archive footage) Unowned
John Gilbert Self (archive footage) Unowned
Elinor Glyn Self - Author of 'It' (archive footage) Unowned
Jean Harlow Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage) Unowned
Donald Keith Self (from The Plastic Age [1925]) (archive footage) Unowned
Tom Kennedy Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage) Unowned
Bela Lugosi Self (archive footage) Unowned
Marilyn Monroe Self (archive footage) Unowned
Edna May Oliver Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage) Unowned
Esther Ralston Self (archive footage) Unowned
Gilbert Roland Self / Various Roles (archive footage) Unowned
Ernest Torrence Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage) Unowned