The “It” girl.
Clara Bow was an early silent picture star. In Highway Men, Woody Harrelson picks up a copy of a Hollywood magazine with her picture on the cover (some say it was Jean Harlows picture) and says, I love Clara Bow. Cool find for $20.
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Just reading some of the highlights of her life, damn she went through a lot as a child.
Stenn, who wrote a book on Bow called “Clara Bow: Runnin’ Wild,” referred to her as the first sex symbol in American film.“Men wanted to have her and women wanted to be her,” he said. “You have to imagine a time when the idea of a woman having independence and autonomy didn’t exist, and you went to the movies and saw Clara Bow. She was really the first truly liberated woman on screen.”
A STRANGE PATH TO OMAHA
Strange. He must have never of Marlin Perkins' Wild Kingdom..
Stenn estimates that 80% of all silent movies have been lost due to the unstable chemicals used to make them, including about half of the movies Clara Bow was in.
WHO IS CLARA BOW?
On September 24, 1960, the children's TV institution Howdy Doody came to an end, and it was Clarabell the Clown who made sure we knew it was truly over. Clarabell was an important cast member, though unlike the chatty puppet Howdy Doody and main host Buffalo Bob, Clarabell never said a word.
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But on the show's finale, after prodding by Bob, Clarabell turned to the camera and tearfully whispered, "Goodbye kids." And suddenly, it was no longer Howdy Doody time, and never would be again. Nothing lasts forever, kids.
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'Howdy Doody's Finale Was Called 'Clarabell's Big Surprise'
https://groovyhistory.com/howdy-doody-1960-clarabell-clown-goodbye-kids/2
Thanks, lowbridge!
Found in a parking lot? Was it there for 100 years? Read on! Oh, it was a liquidation sale held in a parking lot. The film was 100 years old and was a lucky find at yard sale. Not nearly as exciting as finding out how a film was laying around in a parking lot for a hundred years. Did you click the link?
It’s very fortunate that it has not “exploded” (self combusted). Many old films are made with nitrocellulose. They can become unstable and just catch fire. They pop quite a bit when they are burning. It sounds a bit like gunfire. I had that happen with some old newsreels that I used to own.
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