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19 April 1935 (USA) moreTagline:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Mammoth Musical MelodramaPlot:
Wealthy Bob Harrison buys all the seats in the theatre to watch Mona Leslie's musical by himself. He loves her... more | add synopsisNewsDesk:
Victor Fleming: Did the Auteurist Theory Do Him Wrong?(From FilmExperience. 27 May 2009, 11:59 AM, PDT)
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not very good moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jean Harlow | ... | Mona Leslie | |
| William Powell | ... | Ned Riley | |
| Franchot Tone | ... | Robert 'Bob' Harrison Jr. | |
| May Robson | ... | Mrs. Granny Leslie | |
| Ted Healy | ... | Smiley | |
| Nat Pendleton | ... | Blossom | |
| Rosalind Russell | ... | Josephine 'Jo' Mercer | |
| Henry Stephenson | ... | Colonel Harrison Sr. | |
| Man Mountain Dean | ... | Himself (as Man-Mountain Dean) | |
| Robert Light | ... | Paul Mercer | |
| Allan Jones | ... | Allan, a Singer | |
| Carl Randall | ... | Carl Randall, Mona's Dance Partner in 'Trocadero' Number | |
| Louise Henry | ... | Louise | |
| James Ellison | ... | Dale Every | |
| Nina Mae McKinney | ... | Specialty Singer |
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USA:Approved (PCA #736)Fun Stuff
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Selznick based this on the Libby Holman murder scandal. Star Jean Harlow felt the story had disturbing similarities to suicide of her second husband, Paul Bern. Jean Harlow believed she was cast in the picture in a deliberate attempt to capitalize on that event, and she refused the role at first. In William Powell's autobiography, he says he convinced her to accept the role rather than be suspended. moreQuotes:
Mona Leslie: [Spoken introduction to the song, Reckless] What'll you ever be? What'll you ever do? How will you ever know if you don't take a chance?Chorus: You have got to gamble with fate.
Mona Leslie: [singing] I wanna live, love, learn a lot. I'll light my candle and I'll burn a lot.
Chorus: You'll have some bad shots, hard knocks!
Mona Leslie: I'm on my own if I bruise.
Chorus: And there'll be smiles here, shouts here!
Mona Leslie: And I can take it on the chin if I lose, because I'm reckless!
Chorus: She's simply reckless!
Mona Leslie: Reckless!
Chorus: She's simply reckless!
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A pretty forgettable movie starring William Powell and Jean Harlow. The plot really doesn't really come together and seems to be just thrown together. There are a few musicals numbers but they are pretty bad and don't compare to The Great Ziegfeld. Harlow looks like she's mouthing the words and her dance scene will only shows her legs and nothing else. The plot has something to do with Powell and Harlow being in love with each other but Franchot Tone comes in and steals Harlow away before Powell makes his move. Rosalind Russell is in love with Tone but she winds up getting married to someone else. The movie just doesn't work and this was directed by the same guy who directed The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind.