14.00 USD
Clara Bow (1905-1965), a NewYork City native, was born into very difficult surroundings. Her mother suffered from severe mental illness, and Miss Bow was to suffer continual physical and emotional abuse as a child. Her father was not successful and apparently met with constant failures in his life, so they were usually quite poor, with Miss Bow being made fun of at school for her bright red hair, and her ill fitting clothes. She rose above all of this, though, to become one of the biggest stars of the 1920s. In one month, she received over 45.000 fan letters! As our title for this listing implies, she was the original "It" girl, "it" being that inexpressible something that well...she had a lot of it, whatever it was :)
If you'd like to get a look at her, Please visit Youtube and simply enter Clara Bow. There's a lot to choose from. We believe that Marilyn Monroe definitely modeled many of her mannerisms after Miss Bow's, and that is a very interesting thing to see, although in this particular image we're offering today, she offers us a look that would have done Garbo proud.
Thanks to Wikipedia for our biographical information.
A very nice, unposted card, produced by Cinemagazine Editions Paris. Please examine our high res scans for detail.
Postage is for first class shipping in a secure photo mailer, and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will refund the postage on the second card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, because of sudden increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more.
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