Scott Lord Silent Film: Clara Bow in “It” (Clarence Badger, 1927)

Director Clarence Badger again went to Elinor Glyn for source material while bringing actress Clara Bow to the screen during 1928 for the six reel film "Three Week-Ends", in which she costarred with Neil Hamilton. The film is considered a lost silent film, with only a fragment existing held by the UCLA archive. The other two films made by Clara Bow during 1928, "The Fleet's In" (Malcom St. Clair) and "Ladies in the Mob" (William A. Wellman) are also lost silent films, with no surviving copies existing.

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Clara Bow

Scott Lord Silent Film: Clara Bow in Parisian Love (Louis J. Gasnier, 1925)

The 1923 Clara Bow film "The Pill Pounder" (two reels) was discovered to exist when a 35 millimeter print was found in 2024, it evidently having been purchased unknowingly at an auction for twenty dollars.

Adapted for the screen by James Ashmore Creelman from the story "Grit" written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the film "Grit", starring Clara Bow was directed by Frank Tuttle in 1924. The film is considered a lost silent film. Directed in 1925 by Charles Giblyn, the six reel film "The Adventurous Sex", starring Clara Bow is also presumed to be a lost silent film, with no surviving copies existing.

Motion Picture News avoided flattering the direction of "Parisian Love", "Weak and wandering. Thrill stuff poorly executed, action draggy, footage wasted."

Clara Bow in Free to Love


Clara Bow in It

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Scott Lord Silent Film: Clara Bow in Free to Love (Frank O’Connor, 1925)

Clara Bow in Parisian Love

Clara Bow in It

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