Platinum Blonde (1931)

A young woman from a very rich family impulsively marries a reporter, but each assumes the other is the one whose lifestyle must change.

Director:

Frank Capra

Writers:

Harry Chandlee (story), Douglas W. Churchill (story),

Stars:

Loretta Young, Robert Williams, Jean Harlow

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Loretta Young	...	Gallagher
Robert Williams	...	Stew Smith
Jean Harlow	...	Ann Schuyler
Halliwell Hobbes	...	Butler
Reginald Owen	...	Grayson
Edmund Breese	...	Conroy - the Editor
Don Dillaway	...	Michael Schuyler (as Donald Dillaway)
Walter Catlett	...	Binji
Claud Allister	...	Dawson - the Valet
Louise Closser Hale	...	Mrs. Schuyler

Storyline

Reporter Gallagher loves reporter Smith who marries Anne. He's soon bored being married to a socialite and asks Gallagher to help him write a play. She arrives with a bunch of reporters and the mansion turns into a party. Anne arrives and orders them out and Smith goes with them.

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Plot Keywords:

reporter | mansion | party | socialite | violin | 

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Taglines:

She Was Gorgeous - He Was A Man . . . So, the other girl had to wait !

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 October 1931 (USA)

Also Known As:

Gallagher

Box Office

Budget:

£600,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Robert Williams died of appendicitis just three days after the film's release.

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Goofs

When Stew Smith is married, his colleagues make fun of him in the press room. At that moment his wife calls and he walks over to the phone with his pipe in his mouth. However, when he picks up the phone, the pipe disappears.

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Quotes

Dexter Grayson: Where were you yesterday?
Anne Schuyler: Oh, Stew and I went for a long ride. Dexter, is there any finishing school we could sent him to?
Dexter Grayson: Yes - Sing Sing!

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Connections

Referenced in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

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Soundtracks

"A Bird in a Gilded Cage"
(1900) (uncredited)
Music by Harry von Tilzer
Lyrics by Arthur J. Lamb
Sung a cappella by Edmund Breese

User Reviews

A Delight

There is a scene with Robert Williams and Jean Harlow singing a ditty to each other. There was such natural wit and affection that their infatuation and joy in each others company was perfectly expressed. This was love, this was sensuality, without a hint of the physicality that modern movies are forced to graphicly depict. Seeing a movie like this, made in low fidelity black and white seventy years ago shows what we have lost.