Editing Clara Bow (section)

==Legacy==
Film historian [[Leonard Maltin]] said in 1999: "You think of [[Greta Garbo]], [[Lillian Gish]], all these great names, great actresses. Clara Bow was more popular in terms of box-office dollars, in terms of consistently bringing audiences into the theaters. She was right on top."<ref>{{cite news|title=Leonard Maltin interview in Turner Classic Documentary |work=Discovering the It Girl|publisher= Timeline Films|date= 1999}}</ref> In 1999 the [[American Film Institute]] excluded Bow from its finalized "100 Years...100 Stars" list,<ref>[[American Film Institute]] [http://www.afi.com/100Years/stars.aspx "100 Years...100 Stars"]</ref> although she was on the list of nominees.<ref>[[American Film Institute]] [http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/stars500.pdf "100 Years...100 Stars Nominees"]</ref>

Film historian [[Kevin Brownlow]] did not mention Bow in his 1968 book on silent films, ''The Parade's Gone By''. [[Louise Brooks]], who received an entire chapter in the book, wrote to Brownlow, "You brush off Clara Bow for some old nothing like Brooks. Clara made three pictures that will never be surpassed: ''Dancing Mothers'', ''Mantrap'', and ''It''."<ref>Letter from Louise Brooks to Kevin Brownlow, October 26, 1968.</ref> In a conversation with filmmaker Thomas Hamilton, Brownlow explained that he had planned to include a chapter on Bow but was unable to secure an interview with the reclusive star before her death, and since all chapters were based on first-hand accounts, it would have been inconsistent to include a chapter based on second-hand anecdotes.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} Brownlow made up for this omission by including an entire segment about Bow in his television documentary ''[[Hollywood (British TV series)|Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film]]'' (1980), for which he interviewed Brooks.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}