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Auction History Result 4k130 CLARA BOW deluxe 10x13 still 1920s wonderful portrait holding koala bear by Otto Dyar! Date Sold 3/7/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Deluxe 10" x 13" [25 x 33 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) Clara Bow was an actress from the 1920s to the early 1930s. She was the most famous "flapper girl" of the mid to late 1920s (she became known as "The It Girl" after the character she played based on the popular novel by Elinor Glyn). She had a major role in Wings, and was Paramount's biggest star at that time. But she had a notorious private life and seemingly "settled down" when she married cowboy star Rex Bell in 1931 (she had two children and she retired from movies), but sadly in 1949 she went into a mental institution after a failed suicide attempt (she had had psychiatric issues for quite some time) and she was released but never returned to her family, and lived alone until she passed away in 1965 at the age of 60. She continued to mature as an actress and she successfully made the transition from silent to sound movies, and she had the gift of making the audience like her, even though she played a character with no morals. Most fans say that had she not had her serious personal problems, she would have likely been a major rival to Jean Harlow for roles as likeable "bad girls" throughout the 1930s! Some of her movies include: It, Wings, Dancing Mothers, Call Her Savage, Hula, Hoopla, as well as 50 more almost forgotten silents! Important Added Info: Note that our consignor purchased this still (along with others) from a Hollywood bookstore, where they were selling stills by photographer Otto Dyar that they said had come from his personal archive. He does not have a certificate of authenticity, but based on what the bookstore told him, we feel it is quite likely that the still was Dyar's personal still (and it does have his stamp on the back, so he surely took the image). Note that this still has been trimmed and it now measures 10" x 13" [25 x 33 cm]. Also note that this is a deluxe still printed on double weight paper stock. Condition: good to very good. Someone trimmed off the blank borders, because it likely originally measured 11" x 14", and no doubt they had a 10" x 13" frame (see our image). There are some faint creases scattered throughout the still, but they are mostly only noticeable when the still is tilted to the light. Learn More about condition grades 
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