Clara Bow, one of the earliest megastars of the silent film era, is famous for being Hollywood’s first “It Girl.” But there’s a lot more to Bow’s dramatic life than bobbed hair and ...

The 1920s silent film star who appears on Taylor Swift’s new album "The Tortured Poets Department" abruptly left Hollywood at the height of her success.

A lost film featuring Bow was discovered in October at the bottom of a box of auctioned reels that sold for $20 in Omaha, and is now in a film festival.

Swift sings about the highly scrutinized silent movie star Clara Bow on the closing track of the standard edition of "The Tortured Poets Department." Here's what her family thinks.

Find out all about Clara Bow, 20th century icon, and why Taylor Swift named a song after her on The Tortured Poets Department.

“Clara Bow” tells the story of how the entertainment industry builds up and breaks down its “It Girls,” regardless of the generation.

One track on Taylor Swift’s new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” honors a long-celebrated, oft-miscast heroine of American feminism: actress Clara Bow. As historians of the 1920s, we ...

Chazelle looked to the silent film star Clara Bow — “Margot and I both loved just how bird’s nest-y Clara Bow’s hair could get,” he said — but also the less well known Lili Damita, who ...

With Nicks in attendance, it was the perfect occasion for Swift to perform The Tortured Poets Department ‘s “Clara Bow” live for the first time ever; she names Nicks on the second verse of ...

Ahead of the release of Taylor Swift's new song "Clara Bow," the late actress' great-granddaughters Nicole Sisneros and Brittany Grace Bell talk with PEOPLE exclusively about the new track ...

Filmmaker Gary Huggins discovered a short featuring movie star Clara Bow. Taylor Swift titled a song for her on her upcoming album.