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7.7/10   718 votes
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Writers:
Elinor Glyn (novel) (adaptation)
Hope Loring (writer) ...
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Release Date:
15 February 1927 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Plot:
A salesgirl with plenty of "it" (sex appeal) pursues a handsome playboy. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(7 articles)
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Whatever "It" is, she's sure got it... more

Cast

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Clara Bow ... Betty Lou Spence
Antonio Moreno ... Cyrus Waltham Jr.
William Austin ... Monty Montgomery
Priscilla Bonner ... Molly
Jacqueline Gadsden ... Adela Van Norman
Julia Swayne Gordon ... Mrs. Van Norman
Elinor Glyn ... Herself (as Madame Elinor Glyn)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
72 min
Country:
USA
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Elinor Glyn gave many confusing and sometimes contradictory explanations for what "It" meant, but she always said that "It" did not mean "sex appeal" and anyone who said it did was vulgarizing her concept. Nonetheless, it was as a euphemism for "sex appeal" that "It" entered the language in the 1920s. more
Quotes:
[Regarding Monty]
Betty Lou: Him? He couldn't even give birth to a suspicion.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The Age of Ballyhoo (1973) (V) more

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9 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Whatever "It" is, she's sure got it..., 10 June 2003
9/10
Author: jonr-3 from Kansas City, Missouri, USA

I first saw "It" last year at a mini-festival at the Kemper Museum in Kansas City. The audience was about equally middle-aged (50's, 60's; I'm 63) and young (many 20's and early 30's). Everybody roared with laughter and delight throughout the film.

This is not only a sweet, wacky comedy (with a strong ending--how I wish current filmmakers could learn that lesson!), but also a demonstration, as others have pointed out, of one of the most magnetic personalities ever to face a camera lens. Clara Bow's presence is simply heart-stopping and her basic goodness, at least in this role, is such that it makes me feel maybe there's a little hope for humankind after all.

I watched it again, with a friend, at home this evening and marveled anew at the extraordinary vitality of this wonderful young woman. The extremely silly story doesn't matter in the least. The lesson of the film, as much as there is one, is "where there's a will, there's a way," and to follow the exploits of our heroine's will is pure balm for any weary soul.

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