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Breaking Down the Connections Between OG It Girl Clara Bow and Taylor Swift
Clara Bow rose to fame as a silent film actress in the 1920s, decades before Taylor Swift wrote a song named after her
In case your school curriculum didn’t cover “talkies” at length, Bow rose to fame as a silent film actress, flapper and sex symbol in the 1920s — decades before Taylor Swift wrote a song named after her for her 2024 album. Some historians report that she worried about how her Brooklyn accent would be received and that she felt “talkies” took away from her onscreen presence, but Bow’s films — including Dangerous Curves and The Saturday Night Kid — continued to top the box office in 1929. Those who follow pop culture in 2024 don’t need a full recap of Swift’s love life, as she’s fired back at criticism that she was linked to too many musicians and actors before dating Joe Alwyn for six years.
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