I love the Roaring Twenties and this film epitomizes it
The world of Jay Gatsby, flaming youth everyone with a cocktail in their hand despite it being Prohibition
I love the production design, the drop waist skirts, geometric patterns, short skirts. The beautiful photography,framing, lighting.
I am a real Clara Bow fan(the IT girl) and we can see why Middle American men lusted after the IT girl, she was so daring and knew what she wanted in men.
It's sad that generations of Americans are forgetting these movies recreate an era of America that had just seen the worst War in history and America was now a super power. New morals, new fashions, new technology, world full of possibilities and Hollywood embraced it.
Seeing Gary Cooper so young and handsome is a real thrill not the old man of "High Noon", gossip said they Clara and him were lovers.
Hedda Hopper as the mother, the Hearst newspaper Hollywood gossip columnist as an actor is great to see because she was in so few films.
Divorce in those days was seen as a failure by people and was almost sinful that they broke their marriage vows so this film was shocking in its day considering divorce as just a career step for women.
If you haven't seen a silent film I recommend this one because it typifies the Hollywood of the Roaring 20's and is still enjoyable.
I am a real Clara Bow fan(the IT girl) and we can see why Middle American men lusted after the IT girl, she was so daring and knew what she wanted in men.
It's sad that generations of Americans are forgetting these movies recreate an era of America that had just seen the worst War in history and America was now a super power. New morals, new fashions, new technology, world full of possibilities and Hollywood embraced it.
Seeing Gary Cooper so young and handsome is a real thrill not the old man of "High Noon", gossip said they Clara and him were lovers.
Hedda Hopper as the mother, the Hearst newspaper Hollywood gossip columnist as an actor is great to see because she was in so few films.
Divorce in those days was seen as a failure by people and was almost sinful that they broke their marriage vows so this film was shocking in its day considering divorce as just a career step for women.
If you haven't seen a silent film I recommend this one because it typifies the Hollywood of the Roaring 20's and is still enjoyable.