Episode
The Light of Stardom in Clara Bow
- Podcast
- The Swiftie and The Scholar
- Published
- Jun 4, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 5244
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Summary
We are taking it back to the 1920s (and then the 1970s) today with Clara Bow from The Tortured Poets Department. Uncle Jerry talks all about the early film industry, Stevie Nicks, the violence of beauty and fame for women, and so much more. Works Cited: Clara Bow The Jazz Singer (1927) Greta Garbo Douglas Fairbanks John Gilbert Michael Curtiz Casablanca (1942) The Lodger (1947) World’s Columbian Exposition (1893) The Birth of a Nation (1915) It (1927) It – Elinor Glyn – Aff Link Caesura Horatio Alger Death of a Salesman – Arthur Miller A Cool Million – Nathanael West – Aff Link The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus – Christopher Marlowe To an Athlete Dying Young – A. E. Housman Idle Fame – John Clare The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson – Aff Link Fame is a fickle food (1659) – Emily Dickinson Fame is a bee. (1788) – Emily Dickinson Mirrorball/Clara Bow Mash-up The Swiftie and The Scholar Grading Matrix Follow Us: Patreon YouTube TikTok Instagram Threads Angela’s Instagram Uncle Jerry’s Instagram