Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force society to pay attention to her...
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Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force society to pay attention to her. She has another affair with the chauffeur Albert.
Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Joan Crawford and Clara Bow were the most prominent actresses considered for the title role before the younger, less experienced Harlow was cast. There had, in fact, been so many candidates for the role that MGM's Marie Dressler donned a red wig and posed for some gag publicity stills.
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Goofs
Revealing mistakes:
In the scene where Sally is removing her pajamas to give back to Lillian, the camera is constantly moving to keep the nudity out of the frame. However, when Sally removes her top and hands it to Lillian, you can easily see Jean Harlow's right breast fully bared for a half second. (About 12 frames between 0:17:18 to 0:17:19 on the DVD.)
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Quotes
Lillian 'Lil':
Well you son-of-a-sea-snake! Have you got on my new pajamas?
[Sally hesitates guiltily]
Lillian 'Lil':
Yeah, well you shake right out of 'em, Hortence. Sally:
[annoyed]
Alright! Lillian 'Lil':
I'm too important these days to sleep informally.
[removes her blouse]
Lillian 'Lil':
What if there'd be a fire? Sally:
You'd have to cover up to keep from being recognized.
[camera pans down to Lil's legs as Sally hands her the silk pajama pants]
Lillian 'Lil':
[climbing into the pajamas]
Say love, let's have a little more respect from you, now that I belong to one of the fine old families...
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