The Best Clara Bow Movies

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List of the best Clara Bow movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Clara Bow's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Clara Bow movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Clara Bow movies will be at the top of the list. Clara Bow has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Clara Bow movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Clara Bow films to end the squabble once and for all.

If you think the best Clara Bow role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Clara Bow performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand.

The Wild Party and The Lawful Cheater are included in this list.

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  • It
    1
    Gary Cooper, Clara Bow, Lloyd Corrigan
    31 votes
    • Released: 1927
    • Directed by: Josef von Sternberg, Clarence G. Badger
    "It" is a 1927 silent romantic comedy film which tells the story of a shop girl who sets her sights on the handsome and wealthy boss of the department store where she works. It is based on a novella ...more
  • Hula
    2
    Clara Bow, Duke Kahanamoku, Clive Brook
    11 votes
    • Released: 1927
    • Directed by: Victor Fleming
    Hula is a 1927 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Victor Fleming, and based on the novel Hula, a Romance of Hawaii by Armine von Tempski. The film stars Clara Bow and was released by ...more
  • Wings
    3
    Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Richard Arlen
    19 votes
    • Released: 1927
    • Directed by: William A. Wellman
    With World War I afoot, David Armstrong (Richard Arlen) and Jack Powell (Charles "Buddy" Rogers) join the military with an eye toward flying American fighter planes. They leave behind Mary Preston ...more

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  • Mantrap
    4
    Ernest Torrence, Clara Bow, Percy Marmont
    14 votes
    • Released: 1926
    • Directed by: Victor Fleming
    Backwoods Canadian Joe (Ernest Torrence), tired of his lonely existence in the rustic village of Mantrap, rolls into Minneapolis, weds flirtatious young manicurist Alverna (Clara Bow) and whisks her ...more
  • Call Her Savage
    5
    Clara Bow, Monroe Owsley, Gilbert Roland
    16 votes
    • Released: 1932
    • Directed by: John Francis Dillon
    Actually the offspring of a Native American man and a white woman, tempestuous Texas heiress Nasa Springer (Clara Bow) grows up believing her father to be Pete Springer (Willard Robertson), a ...more
  • The Wild Party
    6
    Fredric March, Clara Bow, Jack Oakie
    12 votes
    • Released: 1929
    • Directed by: Dorothy Arzner
    The Wild Party is a Pre-Code film directed by Dorothy Arzner, released by Paramount Pictures, and known as Clara Bow's first talkie.