Hell’s Angels and Jean Harlow
The at times breathtaking and extravagant Hell's Angels was a milestone of cinema. While uneven, and its acting dated, the air-war action scenes are real, are authentic, and represent surely…
Jean Harlow Making “Dinner at Eight”
Based on the hit Broadway play, M-G-M's adaptation of Dinner at Eight (1933) for its constellation of top studio stars in a follow-up to Grand Hotel portrays what happens when…
Jean Harlow — Blonde Bombshell
The original blonde Bombshell (1933) starred, and was Jean Harlow. This film was the genesis of that term. It was a pre-Code, pre-Screwball dazzler in which she satirized her own,…
Jean Harlow in China Seas
Based on a slam bang adventure novel (that the Hays Office originally vetoed as fetid and objectionable source material for motion pictures based on the interracial love affair and the…
Clark Gable & Jean Harlow: Born to Co-Star
When they appeared together in M-G-M's classic star vehicle RED DUST (1931), the 31 year-old Cark Gable and the 21 year-old Jean Harlow had appeared together previously, once, in THE…
Hedy Lamarr & Jean Harlow: The Inspiration for Catwoman
“Batman” co-creator Bob Kane eventually revealed that Hedy Lamarr and Jean Harlow were the two principal inspirations for the DC Comics anti-heroine known as Catwoman in the Batman stories and…
Jean Harlow in Dinner at Eight
Today with A.i. so much in the news, these last lines of the M-G-M 4-star all-star classic film Dinner at Eight (1933) as they walk into the dining room are…
Jean Harlow in RED DUST
M-G-M co-starred Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in Red Dust (1932). Their chemistry was immediate and magic. The studio had struck lightning in a bottle focusing on robust romance with…
Jean Harlow in THE SECRET SIX
THE SECRET SIX (1931) is a ruthless gangster saga featuring a powerhouse cast, some on the way up, one on the way down. Two stars on the way up in this…
Jean Harlow’s Last Film: SARATOGA
She was born Harlean Carpenter in Kansas City, Missouri on March 3, 1911. Her parents divorced when she was eleven. Her mother, the first Jean Harlow, the real Jean Harlow,…