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A screen adaption of the blistering best-seller which examines the story of platinum blonde bombshell Jean Harlow (Carroll Baker) who rose to fame in the reckless Hollywood of the 1930s.A screen adaption of the blistering best-seller which examines the story of platinum blonde bombshell Jean Harlow (Carroll Baker) who rose to fame in the reckless Hollywood of the 1930s.A screen adaption of the blistering best-seller which examines the story of platinum blonde bombshell Jean Harlow (Carroll Baker) who rose to fame in the reckless Hollywood of the 1930s.
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Mike Connors
- Jack Harrison
- (as Michael Connors)
John Alban
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Leon Alton
- Wedding Champagne Server
- (uncredited)
Don Ames
- Photographer
- (uncredited)
Phil Arnold
- Comic Baker
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis film neglects to mention any of Jean Harlow's actual movies by name, or even that she was under contract to MGM (she works at the fictitious "Majestic Studios" in this account of her life). None of her real-life co-stars is named or depicted, nor are her unsuccessful first and third marriages mentioned. She is said in the film to have died from pneumonia, but, in actuality, it was uremic poisoning which killed her. The only characters given their real names are Harlow, her second husband Paul Bern, her agent (as well as the source of this movie), Arthur M. Landau, and her mother and stepfather. The fictitious studio boss "Everett Redman" is a fairly blatant caricature of Louis B. Mayer, who was also the obvious basis for the similar character the same actor, Martin Balsam, played the previous year in "The Carpetbaggers". This movie's claim that Paul Bern committed suicide because he was impotent has been widely questioned - some, such as his close friend, director Henry Hathaway, have suggested he was murdered by gangsters, and that the studio covered this up to avoid bad publicity. Another (highly feasible) explanation is that Bern was murdered by his former mistress Dorothy Millette, a woman with a history of mental illness who is known to have left Connecticut for Los Angeles two days before Bern's death, and who committed suicide two days after it.
- GoofsAlthough all of Jean's earlier movie roles depicted here were in silent films, primitive microphones are always seen on sets and in one scene a musical number is even being rehearsed.
- Quotes
Jean Harlow: A bedroom with only one person in it is the loneliest room in the world.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Mad Men: The Forecast (2015)
- SoundtracksLonely Girl
(theme from Harlow)
Words by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Music by Neal Hefti
Sung by Bobby Vinton
Featured review
Completely inaccurate, but lots of fun
Carol Baker is stunning in 1960s hair and gowns. Unfortunately, the film takes place in the 1930s. The soundtrack also contains 1960s lounge and twist music. This film is mostly fictional and has nothing to do with Harlow's life, but it is fun.
My favorite line is when she turns down a tryst with a famous actor. She tells him she has a date for dinner and a film. The actor says, "I can't believe you're turning down a chance of "being" with me for a night of indigestion and a stiff neck." Harlow replies, "Aren't you offering the same thing?" LOL. Think about it.
My favorite line is when she turns down a tryst with a famous actor. She tells him she has a date for dinner and a film. The actor says, "I can't believe you're turning down a chance of "being" with me for a night of indigestion and a stiff neck." Harlow replies, "Aren't you offering the same thing?" LOL. Think about it.
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- Die Welt der Jean Harlow
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- $2,500,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 5 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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