Walk of Fame Movie Adventures: The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932) and Ina Claire

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The cast of The Greeks Had a Word for Them.
The cast of The Greeks Had a Word for Them.

This is the story of three women who live to have fun. Sometimes that means they steal each others lovers, but that’s never more than a slight annoyance. The story constantly changes into whatever requires them to stand around in their underwear.

…and the word the Greeks had was apparently hetaira.

Walk of Fame: Ina Claire

Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Ina Claire's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the Right, a black and white portrait photo of Ina Claire.

Ina Claire plays Jane, the wildest of the three. In her first scene she hits on a stranger and convinces him to pay her bar tab (that’s somewhere around $900 in 2025 dollars). One of her signature subtle moves is to accidentally lose her dress.

In the 1920s she was popular enough to have a recognizable signature hairstyle.

A chart titled "If you must do it show this to your Barber," showing drawings of different versions of bob haircuts. The first drawing is titles "Shingle, or Ina Claire Bob."

Today’s fake poster started with me trying to find another movie with a title of similar length. I don’t know if anyone will recognize it without seeing the original, but I think it works pretty well!

A fake poster for The Greeks Had a Word for Them mimicking the poster for The Last Temptation of Christ
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