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Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl (1999)

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

Genre : Documentary, TV Movie

Runtime : 57M

Director : Hugh Munro Neely

Synopsis

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

Actors

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 Rogers
Charles 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)

Crews

Hugh Munro Neely
Hugh Munro Neely
Director
Elaina Archer
Elaina Archer
Writer
John J. Flynn
John J. Flynn
Writer
Hugh Munro Neely
Hugh Munro Neely
Writer
Elaina Archer
Elaina Archer
Producer

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