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'It' was the motion picture that gave the world the very first 'It Girl': Clara Bow. At the height of her fame she topped box office rankings and broke records for fan mail. She was the ultimate symbol of the decade, yet just a few years later, at the age of just 25, she was rejected by audiences and the motion picture industry. Today, she is largely forgotten in cinema history. 'It' is the picture that came to define her, yet the subsequent success heralded the start of her very public downfall. In this first book on 'It', Denny Ledger analyses the origins of the concept of 'It', examines the creative forces behind the picture and explores in detail the influence of its star; Clara Bow, including an in-depth biography. Ledger also contextualises the picture historically, looking at length at the impact and influence of 1920s American culture and how the motion picture helped shape it, as well as textually, looking at the fashion, style and cultural impact it had at the time, as well as today.

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Denny Ledger is a freelance writer, film historian and critic. 'It (1927) Style, Culture & a Twentieth Century Icon' is his first book on motion pictures.

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