# Biopic of Clara Bow in the works **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 6, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biopic-of-clara-bow-in-the-works/759243 "2016-07-06T18:08:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biopic-of-clara-bow-in-the-works/759243/1 "2016-07-06T18:08:28Z")
She was the original It Girl. > **[Biopic in the Works on Original ‘It Girl’ Clara Bow (EXCLUSIVE)](https://variety.com/2016/film/news/clara-bow-biopic-silver-bullet-1201808572/)** > > Silver Bullet Entertainment has acquired movie rights to David Stenn’s biography “Clara Bow: Runnin’ Wild” and is developing a film on Hollywood’s first sex symbol. Mi… I wonder if **Eve** is involved? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biopic-of-clara-bow-in-the-works/759243/2 "2016-07-06T19:34:04Z")
Hot-cha and 23-skiddoo. I would watch the SHIT out of this. It would be the cat’s pajamas. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biopic-of-clara-bow-in-the-works/759243/3 "2016-07-06T19:56:46Z")
I’ll bet it’ll be a good watch. If Eve wasn’t called in the consult it’s their loss. The old series “Hollywood” had a great section about Bow. The silent clips were sexy and funny. She knew how to capture the camera. But when sound showed up her broad Brooklyn accent did her in. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biopic-of-clara-bow-in-the-works/759243/4 "2016-07-06T20:38:16Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > She was the original It Girl. I always hear this phrase used to describe her. Were there other “It Girls”? What is an “It Girl” anyway? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biopic-of-clara-bow-in-the-works/759243/5 "2016-07-06T20:47:03Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I always hear this phrase used to describe her. Were there other “It Girls”? What is an “It Girl” anyway? 😕 “It” was a euphemistic way of saying “Sex Appeal”. The Girl with It. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biopic-of-clara-bow-in-the-works/759243/6 "2016-07-06T20:56:05Z")
Maybe they’ll get the USC football team to re-enact one of her famous ‘scenes’. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biopic-of-clara-bow-in-the-works/759243/7 "2016-07-06T20:58:31Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I always hear this phrase used to describe her. Were there other “It Girls”? What is an “It Girl” anyway? 😕 Per the link > [@Variety](#): > > her performance as a shopgirl in the 1927 silent film “It” brought her global fame and the nickname “The It Girl.” . And then it apparently became a short hand for sex appeal. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biopic-of-clara-bow-in-the-works/759243/8 "2016-07-06T21:47:15Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Maybe they’ll get the USC football team to re-enact one of her famous ‘scenes’. That would be an awful lot of Trojans! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biopic-of-clara-bow-in-the-works/759243/9 "2016-07-06T22:33:52Z")
That story is so long overdue. I wonder who’s gonna play her. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biopic-of-clara-bow-in-the-works/759243/10 "2016-07-06T22:45:00Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Maybe they’ll get the USC football team to re-enact one of her famous ‘scenes’. Who will play John Wayne/Marion Morrison? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biopic-of-clara-bow-in-the-works/759243/11 "2016-07-06T22:45:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > “It” was a euphemistic way of saying “Sex Appeal”. The Girl with It. In 1920s Germany, they weren’t quite so shy. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VuCoL4AKh7o/hqdefault.jpg "Ute Lemper - Sex Appeal") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuCoL4AKh7o) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biopic-of-clara-bow-in-the-works/759243/12 "2016-07-06T22:47:51Z")
“It, hell. She had those.” Dorothy Parker, of course. But not about Clara Bow. The line appeared in her review of the novel _It_ by Elinor Glyn. The novel gave rise to the term. Clara Bow just starred in the movie made from the book. Bow’s life is fascinating. Though probably less fascinating than Elinor Glyn’s. But she was in her 60s when the novel appeared. And who wants to see that? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biopic-of-clara-bow-in-the-works/759243/13 "2016-07-07T00:40:29Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > That story is so long overdue. I wonder who’s gonna play her. That choice will probably make or break the film. She has a certain … image in the mind’s eyes of those who know about her. > [@Doug\_Bowe](#): > > I’ll bet it’ll be a good watch. If Eve wasn’t called in the consult it’s their loss. > > The old series “Hollywood” had a great section about Bow. The silent clips were sexy and funny. She knew how to capture the camera. But when sound showed up her broad Brooklyn accent did her in. Well, she made 11 talkies, and in the [one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCIZgrvmT58) I fund she doesn’t sound especially Brooklyn (her dialogue starts around 2:20). The source I found says she retired when she got married in 1933, four years after her first talkie (The Wild Party 1929 to Hoop-La 1933). Her decline in popularity possibly had more to do with personal problems than her accent. Later, she spent a lot of time in mental institutions. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biopic-of-clara-bow-in-the-works/759243/14 "2016-07-07T01:03:28Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > That choice will probably make or break the film. Jennifer Lawrence? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biopic-of-clara-bow-in-the-works/759243/15 "2016-07-08T04:03:21Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > It Girl. Not to be confused with her relative Cousin It. Anyway, as long as Whoopi is in the lead role - I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biopic-of-clara-bow-in-the-works/759243/16 "2016-07-11T13:44:57Z")
Wow, I got all excited when I saw Clarra Bow. It turns out I didn’t know who that was, and I was thinking of game character named Laura Bow from a 1992 game I used to play called The Dagger of Amon Ra. And now I find out that Laura Bow is a nod to the actual Clarra Bow. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biopic-of-clara-bow-in-the-works/759243/17 "2016-07-11T16:26:21Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > Wow, I got all excited when I saw Clarra Bow. It turns out I didn’t know who that was, and I was thinking of game character named Laura Bow from a 1992 game I used to play called The Dagger of Amon Ra. And now I find out that Laura Bow is a nod to the actual Clarra Bow. No, Laura Bow is a bow to the actual Clara Bow. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biopic-of-clara-bow-in-the-works/759243/18 "2016-07-11T20:32:11Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > Wow, I got all excited when I saw Clarra Bow. It turns out I didn’t know who that was, and I was thinking of game character named Laura Bow from a 1992 game I used to play called The Dagger of Amon Ra. _ **And now I find out that Laura Bow is a nod to the actual Clarra Bow.** _ > [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > No, Laura Bow is a bow to the actual Clara Bow. Yep, I figured that out. Thanks.