Editing Clara Bow (section)

==In popular culture==
* [[Max Fleischer]]'s cartoon character [[Betty Boop]] was modelled after Bow's appearance and after the voice of entertainer [[Helen Kane]] (the "boop-boop-a-doop-girl").<ref>{{cite book |last=Charyn |first=Jerome |title=Gangsters and Gold Diggers: Old New York, the Jazz Age, and the Birth of Broadway |year=2004 |publisher=Da Capo Press |isbn=1-56025-643-5 |page=222}}</ref>
* Bow's mass of tangled red hair was one of her most famous features. When fans of the new star found out she put [[henna]] in her hair, sales of the dye tripled.{{sfnp|Sarvady|2006|p=31}}
* An autographed picture of Bow is offered as a consolation prize of a beauty contest in the 1931 [[George Gershwin]] musical ''[[Of Thee I Sing]]''.{{sfn |Kaufman |Ryskind |Gershwin |Gershwin |1963 |p=[https://archive.org/details/oftheeisingmusic0000kauf_x0s2/page/28/mode/1up 28]}}
* During her lifetime, Bow was the subject of wild rumors regarding her sex life; many of them were untrue. A tabloid called ''The [[Coast Reporter (California)|Coast Reporter]]'' published lurid allegations about her in 1931, accusing her of [[exhibitionism]], [[incest]], [[lesbianism]], [[bestiality]], [[drug addiction]], [[alcoholism]], and having contracted a [[venereal disease]]. The publisher of the tabloid then tried to [[blackmail]] Bow, offering to cease printing the stories for $25,000, which led to his arrest by federal agents and, later, an eight-year prison sentence.{{sfnp|Stenn|2000|p=238}}
* The lead character of Peppy Miller from the 2011 film [[The Artist (film)|''The Artist'']] was inspired principally by Clara Bow, and in playing the part, actress [[Bérénice Bejo]] invoked many of Bow's screen mannerisms.<ref name="vogue-Borelli-Persson-Bow">{{cite web |last1=Borelli-Persson |first1=Laird |title=Remembering the Original It Girl, Clara Bow, on Her Birthday |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/industry-icons-clara-bow-actress |website=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] |access-date=30 March 2022 |date=29 July 2017}}</ref>
* Bow inspired the name of the player character [[Laura Bow]] in the video games ''[[The Colonel's Bequest]]'' and ''[[The Dagger of Amon Ra]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Roberta Williams: The Storyteller Who Started It All|magazine=InterAction Magazine Issue 6: Fall 1989|publisher=Sierra|url=http://sierrainteraction.wikidot.com/roberta-williams:the-storyteller-who-started-it-all|quote=Remember Colonel Mustard? Well, dijon is a mustard, so ours is Colonel Dijon. And Laura Bow is a play on Clara Bow.}}</ref>
* On July 5, 2016, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' announced that Silver Bullet Entertainment and MJW Media were producing a film based on [[David Stenn]]'s biography, ''Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=July 5, 2016 |title=Biopic in the Works on Original 'It Girl' Clara Bow  |language=en-US |access-date=July 11, 2016 |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/clara-bow-biopic-silver-bullet-1201808572/}}</ref>
* Bow is mentioned in the [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] song "Condition of the Heart" from his 1985 album ''[[Around the World in a Day]]'' and drawn on the cover of the album [https://www.pinterest.com/pin/621496817313775838/].
*"Clara Bow" is also the title of a song on alternative rock-band [[50 Foot Wave]]'s debut album ''[[50 Foot Wave (EP)|50 Foot Wave]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=50 Foot Wave|url=https://www.discogs.com/50-Foot-Wave-50-Foot-Wave/master/4616|access-date=November 22, 2020|website=Discogs}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Lawrence|first=Kate|date=2005|title=Review of 50 Foot Wave|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fngb/|access-date=November 22, 2020|website=BBC – Music}}</ref> 
*The song "Picture Show" in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musical ''[[Bonnie & Clyde (musical)|Bonnie and Clyde]]'' mentions "Clara Bow", the "It Girl", to reference a movie star.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Picture Show by Frank Wildhorn – Lyrics|url=https://genius.com/Frank-wildhorn-picture-show-lyrics|url-status=live|website=Genius|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917191056/https://genius.com/Frank-wildhorn-picture-show-lyrics |archive-date=September 17, 2021 }}</ref>
*The 16th track and closing song on [[Taylor Swift]]'s 2024 studio album, ''[[The Tortured Poets Department]]'', is titled "[[Clara Bow (song)|Clara Bow]]", and references the struggles of stardom encountered by Bow.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Kelsie |date=February 6, 2024 |title=Who Is Clara Bow? All About the Actress Named in Taylor Swift's New Song Title |access-date=February 6, 2024 |url=https://people.com/who-is-clara-bow-all-about-actress-behind-taylor-swift-song-8559688}}</ref>

===Fictional portrayals===
* Bow was played by [[Jennifer Tilly]] in the motion picture ''[[Return to Babylon]]'' (2013).
* [[Margot Robbie]] plays a fictionalized character based on Bow in the 2022 film ''[[Babylon (2022 film)|Babylon]]''.<ref name="Nehme 2022">{{cite magazine |last=Nehme |first=Farran |title='Babylon': The Myths and True Stories That Inspired the Classic Hollywood Epic |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=2022-12-23 |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/12/the-myths-and-true-stories-that-inspired-babylon |access-date=2024-01-05}}</ref>