Taking inspiration from this month's yesteryear issue of New York Magazine, for our final episode of the series, we look at cinema’s role in creating and cataloging the ‘It’ girl.
Films referenced:
It (1927) dir. by Clarence G. Badger
Mahogany (1975) dir. by Berry Gordy
Kids (1995) dir. by Larry Clark
Factory Girl (2006) dir. by George Hickenlooper
Before Sunrise (1995) dir. by Richard Linklater
After Hours (1985) dir. by Martin Scorsese
Sources and resources:
The New York magazine article on ‘It’ girls by Matthew Schneier
151 New York ‘It’ girls
Watch It here
Clara Bow: the hard-partying jazz-baby airbrushed from Hollywood history by Pamela Hutchinson
Watch Mahogany here
Mahogany remembered at 40 by Simon Doonan
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Edited and produced by Lily Austin and James Brailsford
Original music by James Brailsford
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