Bombshell (1933)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Writers:

Caroline Francke (play) and
Mack Crane (play) ...

Release Date:

13 October 1933 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Sexpot film star Lola Burns seeks a new image and tries marrying a marquis, adopting a baby -- all sorts of schemes which go awry.

Plot Keywords:

Newspaper | Baby | Hollywood | Movie Fan | Male Female Relationship

Cast

Jean Harlow	...	Lola Burns
Lee Tracy	...	E.J."Space"Hanlon
Frank Morgan	...	Pops Burns
Franchot Tone	...	Gifford Middleton
Pat O'Brien	...	Jim Brogan
Una Merkel	...	Mac
Ted Healy	...	Junior Burns
Ivan Lebedeff	...	Hugo, Marquis Di Pisa Di Pisa
Isabel Jewell	...	Lily, Junior's Girl Friend (as Isobel Jewell)
Louise Beavers	...	Loretta
Leonard Carey	...	Winters
Mary Forbes	...	Mrs. Middleton
C. Aubrey Smith	...	Mr. Wendell Middleton
June Brewster	...	Alice Cole
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nils Asther	...	Undetermined Role (scenes deleted)
Marcia Mae Jones	...	Flower girl at wedding
Willard Mack	...	Hugo's Lawyer (scenes deleted)
Etta Moten	...	Undetermined Role (scenes deleted)

Also Known As:

Blonde Bombshell (UK)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:G | USA:Passed

Filming Locations:

Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

When Lee Tracy asked to be released from the movie because he felt his role was too small in comparison with Jean Harlow's, Norman Krasna was hired to beef up his part.

Quotes:

Gifford Middleton: Your hair is like a field of silver daisies. I'd like to run barefoot through your hair!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell (1993) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Lazybones

beautiful Lola

Probably Jean Harlow's cutest appearance as the film star Lola who only wants to be a real person. How she manages in la-la land with lines being said to her in all seriousness like 'I'd like to run barefoot through your hair' (Franchot Tone does manage to say this with some panache ...) with people like Lee Tracy as her acerbic agent, Frank Morgan as his usual stock character 'Pops', and oddball Ted Healy as 'Junior' - well, that's where the fun comes in.

Jean was never a great actress but she was a luminous personality and a fine comedienne. Her tarty characters bounce off the screen and she is really fabulous in this.