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Hawaiian Jungle Set, Hollywood 1927 CB2750 Costume Bandeau and grass skirt. Lai. Anklets. TML. N-1. Bare feet. Armpits. Actions In Hula, Clara Bow, the silent era's greatest sex symbol, plays Hula Calhoun, the happpy-go-lucky daughter of a Hawaiian plantation who will stop at nothing to win the love of a married English engineer. Her sex symbol status is only enhanced by these publicity stills, in which Bow dances in her bandeau and grass skirt (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8). She sits (9, 10). Closeups (11, 12, 13). Reclining (14, 15) and with a friend (16). Commentary Clara Bow, like other Hollywood leading such as Gilda Gray (GG2650-52) and Betty Compton, bares her belly and dons a tropical grass skirt in order to wiggle her way across the silver screen, a routine she will repeat in subsequent movies (CB2882). And when she is not dancing in grass skirts in Hula, Bow is wearing a shocking daring maillot (CB2L40) or just nude (CB2755). Source Otto Dyar, photographer, publicity stills from Hula, Paramount Pictures, 1927. Attribution of Otto Dyar as the photographer comes from AliceJapan on flickr.com. Images from various sources, especially chickyonthego, flickr.com. Paramount number on the lower right of the pictures is 655 and a two digit number. 16 pictures. |
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