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Taylor Swift Heroine Clara Bow’s Breakout Movie ‘It’ Leads Carlotta Films, Artcraft Pictures French Distribution Deal of Hollywood Classics
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LYON, France — “It,” the 1927 breakout movie of silent film star Clara Bow, to whom Taylor Swift paid tribute in a song named after her in “The Tortured Poets Department,” leads a deal between French classic film distributor Carlotta Films and U.S. restoration company Artcraft Pi
LYON, France — “It,” the 1927 breakout movie of silent film star Clara Bow, to whom Taylor Swift paid tribute in a song named after her in “The Tortured Poets Department,” leads a deal between French classic film distributor Carlotta Films and U.S. restoration company Artcraft Pictures. Under the terms of the deal, Carlotta will […]
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