It (1927) Plus Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl Reviews

This is the movie that made Clara Bow internationally known as "The 'It' Girl" and it's easy to see why. The plot is rather standard - lower class girl persues and seduces upper class guy, there's a case of mistaken identity and hilarity ensues - but Clara lights up the screen in every scene she's in. Not only is she the cutest darn thing you've ever seen, she completely outclasses the rest of the cast in acting. She has a very realistic style, not the phony overwrought weeper or wooden pantomime you usually associate with silent-era actors and actresses. Her character is also a thoroughly modern woman, self-reliant, indomitable in spirit, and, rare for the screen in the 1920's, sexually liberated. She controls her own destiny.

It's too bad that this is only one of two Clara Bow films currently released on DVD.