Art Deco Joe on Instagram: "The Original “It Girl” Clara Bow transforms her work dress into a fashionable evening dress in the 1927 silent romantic comedy “It” .. the film that gave Clara Bow her nickname “The It Girl”. Clara as Betty Lou Spence, and Priscilla Bonner as her room mate Molly. Silent films were not silently performed .. there is plenty of memorized dialogue, but much of it doesn’t appear on the inter title cards. Silent screen audiences made it a sport to read lips. Watch this scen