tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post6029715595704897949..comments2024-01-24T15:33:58.720-05:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: The Original "It" Girl, Clara BowMythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-53814196972595446052010-02-16T11:35:20.667-05:002010-02-16T11:35:20.667-05:00You know, looking at this photo again, I think it&...You know, looking at this photo again, I think it's actually a publicity still from Clara Bow's last movie, <i>Hoop-La</i> and that's Minna Gombell with her. You might remember Gombell as the conniving Mimi Jorgenson in <i>The Thin Man</i>. At least that's what I think now ...Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-76109005425567234752009-04-14T09:02:00.000-04:002009-04-14T09:02:00.000-04:00Okay, I'm thinking it must be Helen Lynch. She sp...Okay, I'm thinking it must be Helen Lynch. She specialized in playing "floozies and gangster's molls." The other one, Mary Alden, was a veteran of D.W. Griffith silent movies and would have been pushing fifty at that point ...Mister Parkerhttp://mythicalmonkey.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-58463134796853385862009-04-14T08:59:00.000-04:002009-04-14T08:59:00.000-04:00Oh, wait, I did a little more research -- the phot...Oh, wait, I did a little more research -- the photo is from a movie called Ladies Of The Mob (1928). That would make the other woman either Helen Lynch or Mary Alden. (I'm assuming it's not Richard Arlen -- what a movie that would have been).<br /><br />I'll see if I can track down photos of them and figure this out.Mister Parkerhttp://mythicalmonkey.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-62597335141621243562009-04-14T08:56:00.000-04:002009-04-14T08:56:00.000-04:00That's a good question. I looked it up -- Clara B...That's a good question. I looked it up -- Clara Bow and Thelma Todd were in three movies together, all pre-Code: Fascinating Youth, No Limit and Call Her Savage. But I admit I haven't seen any of them. I wonder if I have them down in the basement ... hmm.<br /><br />The movies, that is. Odds are I don't have Clara Bow or Thelma Todd in the basement ... and God only knows what they'd look like by now.<br /><br />Chico's line "Baby, you got it -- and you can keep it" has got to be a play on the whole concept of the "It" girl. Clara Bow was still making movies at that point and the phrase "it girl" would have been very familiar to audiences ... it's too much of a coincidence otherwise.Mister Parkerhttp://mythicalmonkey.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-16487107269902646042009-04-13T23:05:00.000-04:002009-04-13T23:05:00.000-04:00Say, is that Thelma Todd in the photo with Ms. Bow...Say, is that Thelma Todd in the photo with Ms. Bow? Sort of looks like her with the It Girl. Was it to Thelma that Chico Marx in Monkey Business (?) remarked something like, "Baby, you got 'It' - and you can keep it"? That Chico could ever utter such a line seems wildly out of character and makes me search for deeper meaning. Could Chico's line be more than a simple word play on Clara Bow's moniker "It Girl"?Bellotoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13867368335490719967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-52771707432669180692009-04-13T10:40:00.000-04:002009-04-13T10:40:00.000-04:00It sounds like Clara Bow was right in your wheelho...It sounds like Clara Bow was right in your wheelhouse, Mr. Bub ...Mister Parkerhttp://mythicalmonkey.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-27332738107780145452009-04-13T10:36:00.000-04:002009-04-13T10:36:00.000-04:00I'll show her "It."C'Mere, Spider!<B><I>I'll</I></B> show her "It."<BR/><BR/><BR/>C'Mere, Spider!Donald J. Rickleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12288244543385022642noreply@blogger.com