{"id":24672,"date":"2012-03-19T15:29:30","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T22:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=24672"},"modified":"2021-02-03T01:39:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T08:39:22","slug":"it-1927","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=24672","title":{"rendered":"It (1927)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Sweet Santa, give me <em>him<\/em>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/It-Poster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/It-Poster-1-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-68240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/It-Poster-1-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/It-Poster-1-100x128.jpg 100w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/It-Poster-1-211x270.jpg 211w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/It-Poster-1.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA wealthy fop (William Austin) becomes smitten with a perky shopgirl (Clara Bow) who he believes epitomizes a certain brand of sexual magnetism known as &#8220;It&#8221;; meanwhile, Bow falls for Austin&#8217;s handsome friend (Antonio Moreno), whose parents own the department store where she works.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clara Bow Films<\/li>\n<li>Cross-Class Romance<\/li>\n<li>Mistaken or Hidden Identities<\/li>\n<li>Morality Police<\/li>\n<li>Silent Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nClara Bow (arguably cinema&#8217;s first sex symbol) is best known for her leading role in this iconic silent film, playing a shopgirl whose possession of &#8220;It&#8221; lands her an indirect opportunity to pursue the man of her dreams. While the narrative itself is not all that inventive (there&#8217;s little here we haven&#8217;t seen before in other romantic comedies), what makes the film worth a look is the presence of Bow, who starred in dozens of enormously popular flicks throughout the 1920s, but whose must-see filmography likely can be boiled down to this film and <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=31563\"><em>Wings<\/em> (1927)<\/a>. I find Bow charming and cute, and understand her iconic status as the ultimate Flapper, but I&#8217;ll admit to not particularly understanding why she alone &#8212; among all the many beautiful shopgirls the camera pans during an early scene &#8212; epitomizes &#8220;It&#8221; (or at the very least, how one can know this from simply looking at her). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/It-Shopgirls.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/It-Shopgirls-1024x744.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"465\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/It-Shopgirls-1024x744.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/It-Shopgirls-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/It-Shopgirls-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/It-Shopgirls-768x558.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/It-Shopgirls-372x270.png 372w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/It-Shopgirls.png 1403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With that said, she does a fine job playing the film&#8217;s spunky, loyal heroine &#8212; a woman who willingly lies about being her roommate&#8217;s son&#8217;s mother, to prevent him from being taken away by authorities &#8212; and thus she eventually convinces us she&#8217;s very much an &#8220;It&#8221; girl worth desiring. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Film fanatics interested in learning more about Bow&#8217;s tragic life story should check out the informative and compassionate 1999 documentary <em>Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl<\/em> (narrated by Courtney Love).  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clara Bow as Betty Lou Spence<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/It-Bow4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/It-Bow4-1024x751.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"469\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/It-Bow4-1024x751.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/It-Bow4-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/It-Bow4-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/It-Bow4-768x564.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/It-Bow4-368x270.png 368w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/It-Bow4.png 1405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, simply to see Bow in her most iconic role. Listed as a film with Historical Importance in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<li>Noteworthy Performance(s)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0018033\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitallyobsessed.com\/displaylegacy.php?ID=5807\">Digitally Obsessed Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=3430&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/302496\/it#articles-reviews?articleId=345150\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/silent-volume.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/it-1927.html\">Silent Volume Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Sweet Santa, give me him.&#8221; Synopsis: A wealthy fop (William Austin) becomes smitten with a perky shopgirl (Clara Bow) who he believes epitomizes a certain brand of sexual magnetism known as &#8220;It&#8221;; meanwhile, Bow falls for Austin&#8217;s handsome friend (Antonio Moreno), whose parents own the department store where she works. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Clara Bow Films Cross-Class Romance Mistaken or Hidden Identities Morality Police Silent Films Review: Clara Bow (arguably cinema&#8217;s first sex symbol) is best known for&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=24672\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24672"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68245,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24672\/revisions\/68245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}