Marc Bolan (August 7, 1971) – “Hairy Story” Gossip Item – Jackie

The 7 August 1971 issue of Jackie includes a short gossip item on Marc Bolan under the heading “hairy story.”

Publication: Jackie

Date: August 7, 1971

Country: United Kingdom

The piece notes that Marc Bolan is still brimming with ideas and has written a film story that a director is interested in. His script centres around a character from Outer Space whose superior knowledge comes to help the earth people with their problems.

Marc doesn’t plan to appear in the film himself. It will need masses of music – so that would keep him busy enough. In the meantime Marc’s also well occupied with an album of his story “The Children Of Rarn.”

A P.S. answers how Marc manages to get his hair like that: “It’s always grown this way,” he told me, “I used to hate it when I was growing up! It’s just extremely soft and curly.” A photograph of Marc Bolan accompanies the text.

CONTEXT AND NOTES 

The short item reports on Marc Bolan’s film and album plans alongside a light-hearted note about his hair.

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS 

Event: Gossip / short feature

Era: 1971 (Electric Warrior era) Tone: Light, informal Photography: Colour portrait of Marc Bolan

WHAT THE CLIPPING SHOWS

• Heading “hairy story”

• Photograph of Marc Bolan

• Mention of a film script and the album “The Children Of Rarn”

• Quote from Marc about his hair

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