Copyright Streetswing.com - No Duplication authorized
Streetswing.com Dance History Archives
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X X Y Z
$(Purchase), N/A (Not Available), * (Connected)
Home Archives
Clara Bow Photo

Stage Name

Birth Name
Clara Bow Clara Gordon Bow

   Was a silent movie star who started her career by winning a beauty contest. She was officially known as the "It-Girl" in the 1920's. Betty Boop was designed after the style and personality of Clara Bow.

--Her popularity was so great, many women took her to court for "stealing women's husbands". After her movie career, Bow moved to Los Angeles and opened the "IT!" Cafe in Hollywood with her husband Rex Bell.

Pic1 Pic2 Pic

Birth Place

Birth Date

Spouse

Offspring
Brooklyn, NY 7/29/1905 - 9/27/1965 Rex Bell   n/a  
                       
 

Dance Types

Dance Partners

Music Titles
Black Bottom n/a n/a
Charleston            
Shimmie            
 

Night Clubs

Theaters

Stage
"It" Cafe n/a n/a
             
 

Films

Television

(Other)
$ 1925 - Parisian Love n/a 12/29/1923 - Movie Weekly
$ 1925 - The Plastic Age   9/1926 - Photoplay Magazine
1925 - The Primrose Path       9/30/1929 - Photo Play Magazine
$ 1927- It!            
1927 - Hula            
$ 1927 - Wings            
No Limit            
City Streets?            
Call Her Savage            
Hoopla            
True To The Navy       $ Discovering The It Girl (Book)
Kick In       $ Memories of the Silent Stars (VHS)
Secret Call?            
NOTE:
September 5, 2002
http://www.Streetswing.com/histmain/d5index.htm