Best Clara Bow Movies Ranked
A list of all easy to find Clara Bow movies. Lost films are not included.
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- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanHarry d'Abbadie d'ArrastStarsClara BowCharles 'Buddy' RogersRichard ArlenTwo young men, one rich, one middle class, who are in love with the same woman, become fighter pilots in World War I.
- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsErnest TorrenceClara BowPercy MarmontA sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town finds herself attracted to a young, rich and famous divorce lawyer who comes to town on vacation.
- DirectorClarence G. BadgerJosef von SternbergStarsClara BowAntonio MorenoWilliam AustinA salesgirl pursues a handsome playboy.
- DirectorLouis J. GasnierStarsClara BowDonald KeithLillian LeightonStreet people Armand and Marie are madly in love, and she persuades Armand and other gang members to rob the home of Pierre Marcel, a wealthy scientist. The police break up the robbery but Pierre hides Armand from them because he kept a gang member from stabbing him, but Armand is wounded in doing so. When Armand regains his health, Pierre takes him around town and introduces him to many women, and Armand has no objections. Marie - jealous of the women - swears revenge on Marcel. They meet and he falls in love with her, and they are married while Armand is away in London. On their wedding night, Marie tells Marcel she is an Apache and her revenge is complete, and she rushes into Armand's arms. But another Apache, in love with Marie, wounds her with a gun shot.Clara's acting range in this film is wider than any other.
- DirectorLothar MendesStarsClara BowRichard ArlenKay FrancisA young bareback rider in a circus is in love with a trapeze artist, but he has two problems: he drinks too much and he's fallen under the spell of a "vamp" who's nothing but trouble for him.Brooklyn. Accent.
- DirectorWesley RugglesStarsDonald KeithClara BowMary AldenHugh Carver is an athletic star and a freshman at Prescott College. He falls in love with Cynthia Day, a popular girl who loves to go to parties. He finds that it is impossible to please her and still keep up with his studies and his athletic training, and soon the two face some difficult decisions.
- DirectorFrank TuttleStarsEddie CantorClara BowBillie DoveA salesman is helped out of a jam with an angry customer by a wealthy playboy. In return, he agrees to help the playboy get a divorce from his wife, only to find himself falling for the girlfriend of the customer who got him in trouble in the first place.
- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsClara BowClive BrookArlette MarchalThe daughter of a pineapple plantation owner in Hawaii sets her sights on a married English engineer.
- DirectorDorothy ArznerStarsClara BowCharles 'Buddy' RogersJosef SwickardA young American girl in Paris falls in love with a handsome nobleman, but he is about to wed in an arranged marriage. She hatches a plan to overcome that obstacle and get her man.
- DirectorFrank LloydStarsClara BowPreston FosterRichard CromwellA hula dancer at a carnival sets out to seduce the son of the show's manager.
- DirectorJohn Francis DillonStarsClara BowGilbert RolandThelma ToddSexy Texas gal storms her way through life, brawling and boozing until her luck runs out, forcing her to learn the errors of her ways.
- DirectorA. Edward SutherlandStarsClara BowJean ArthurJames HallMayme and sister Janie are salesgirls in Ginsberg's Department Store. Mayme is in love with store clerk Bill, but Janie tries to steal him from her. Hazel, another salesgirl, is Jean Harlow's first credited role.
- DirectorFrank TuttleStarsClara BowFredric MarchHarry GreenA countergirl at a San Diego soda shop has a lot of sailor "boyfriends", but her heart really belongs to a free-spirited gunner, who doesn't want to be tied down to any one woman.
- DirectorFrank LloydStarsCorinne GriffithConway TearleTom RickettsA Manhattan playboy falls in love with a mysterious European woman whom he notices as an exact double for a famous socialite who disappeared at the turn of the century. At first, he thinks it's just pure coincidence, as the beautiful young woman he's currently romancing is much younger than the woman who vanished years before, but he soon starts to believe that it's not such a coincidence after all.
- DirectorElmer CliftonStarsMarguerite CourtotRaymond McKeeWilliam WalcottStory of the lives of the people in a small Quaker community and the adventures of a whaling ship.
- DirectorDallas M. FitzgeraldStarsClara BowDonald KeithCarmelita GeraghtyClara plays wealthy Prudence Severin, whose reckless, profligate behavior causes nothing but headaches for her father. A detective (Lee Moran) is hired to protect Prudence from herself, but to no avail.
- DirectorHerbert BrenonStarsConway TearleAlice JoyceClara BowA young girl becomes a "flapper", defying her parents and the community.
- DirectorDorothy ArznerStarsClara BowFredric MarchMarceline DayWild girls at a college pay more attention to parties than their classes. But when one party girl, Stella Ames, goes too far at a local bar and lands in trouble, her professor must rescue her. Gossip linking the two escalates until Stella proves that she is decent by shielding an innocent girl and winning the professor's respect.
- DirectorJames P. HoganStarsClara BowGeorge HackathorneElliott DexterAn experiment in death penalty. A man is accused of a murder, that never happened. Complications arise.
- DirectorFrank TuttleStarsClara BowStanley SmithStuart ErwinA young waitress falls for the son of a railroad tycoon and finds herself hobnobbing with the rich when he invites her to spend some time with him and his family in Palm Springs.A novelty as it's Bow's only full musical.
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsBaby PeggyClara BowJeanne CarpenterA young man who has vowed never to marry and doesn't particularly like children is left in charge of his two very young nieces. At first they drive him to distraction, but then he begins to warm to them, and also to a beautiful young local girl.
- DirectorFrank LloydJosef von SternbergStarsClara BowEsther RalstonGary CooperA young flapper tricks her childhood sweetheart into marrying her. He really loves another woman, but didn't marry her for fear the marriage would end in divorce, like his parents'. Complications ensue.
- DirectorLouis J. GasnierStarsEthel ShannonHarrison FordWilliam NorrisOttilie Van Zandt, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy colonel, loves the gardener's son, Richard Wayne, but her family forces her to marry her cousin Claude. Richard leaves before the wedding, vowing to return wealthy and marry Ottilie, but since she is already married when he does return, he impulsively marries Alice Tremaine. Years later, to save lonely widow Ottilie from being evicted, Richard purchases her house at auction and gives it to her. Two generations later, Ottilie, the granddaughter of the first Ottilie, lives in the old house and teaches dancing. Richard Wayne, grandson of the first Richard, is a wealthy young man of the jazz set who thinks of Ottilie as a little old-fashioned but has affection for her. Their friendship culminates in a romance and marriage that began years before with their grandparents.
- DirectorFrank TuttleStarsClara BowNorman FosterStuart ErwinTheater usherette Bunny O'Day (Clara Bow) inadvertently becomes hostess of a private gambling den, and gets involved in a romance with a ne'er-do-well gambler.
- DirectorFrank O'ConnorStarsClara BowDonald KeithRaymond McKeeA young woman is released from the reformatory where she was unjustly sent. She starts a new life with the help of a judge and an idealistic young minister. But a gang of criminals have made plans that could destroy the new life that she has built.
- DirectorHarry O. HoytStarsWallace MacDonaldClara BowArline PrettyBruce Armstrong (MacDonald) is quite wealthy. He is also a drinker, a gambler, and pretty much worthless as a human being. For some reason, successful dancer Marilyn Merrill (Bow) sticks by him. In spite of this, he gambles with her boss, and when he loses, he writes bad checks. In order to avoid jail, Armstrong gets involved in diamond smuggling.