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Making It in Hollywood: Clara Bow, Fandom, and Consumer Culture
- Cinema Journal
- University of Texas Press
- 42, Number 4, Summer 2003
- pp. 76-97
- 10.1353/cj.2003.0020
- Article
- Additional Information
Fan magazines had a dramatic impact on actress Clara Bow's career and on female fandom more generally. This article examines Bow's 1927 star vehicle It as a parable for fan culture, particularly for the ways that fan magazines constructed their female readers and Hollywood films addressed their female spectators.