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“It” girl Clara Bow sealed her reputation with this film based on Elinor Glyn’s popular novel. Bow is utterly appealing and au courant as the shopgirl who has designs on the store owner. The role turned Bow into the ultimate flapper icon – an image and reputation that proved exhausting to keep up.
This article appears in April 5 • 2002.
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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years. More by Marjorie Baumgarten
