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5.3/10   236 votes
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Director:
Gordon Douglas
Writer:
John Michael Hayes (writer)
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Release Date:
23 June 1965 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Tagline:
Harlow stood for only one thing - as no woman ever has - before or since! more
Plot:
A screen adaption of the blistering best-seller which examines the story of the platinum blonde bombshell (Baker) who rose to fame in the reckless Hollywood of the 1930's. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
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Cast

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Carroll Baker ... Jean Harlow

Red Buttons ... Arthur Landau
Raf Vallone ... Marino Bello

Angela Lansbury ... Mama Jean Bello
Peter Lawford ... Paul Bern

Mike Connors ... Jack Harrison (as Michael Connors)
Martin Balsam ... Everett Redman

Leslie Nielsen ... Richard Manley
Mary Murphy ... Sally Doane
Hanna Landy ... Beatrice Landau
Peter Hansen ... Assistant Director
Kipp Hamilton ... Marie Tanner
Peter Leeds ... Parker
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Runtime:
125 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
West Germany:16 (re-rated) | West Germany:18 (f) (original rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Train Station - 222 S. Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, California, USA
Company:
Paramount Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Anachronisms: In a scene set in late 1920s, Jean pays her agent with 1960s-era currency which looks quite different. more
Movie Connections:
References Love Me Forever (1935) more
Soundtrack:
Girl Talk more

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15 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
Jean Harlow invents The Twist!!, 29 March 2005
4/10
Author: Kenneth Anderson (efitness2@yahoo.com) from Los Angeles

I haven't seen this film for some time, but I used to have a TV transfer copy of it I would watch with friends on "Bad Movie" nights.

Aside from the bad dialog and the overly sincere performance of Red Buttons as the benevolent Hollywood agent from mars, the most hilarious thing about the movie is that it seems like a time warp feature. The 30's and 60's keep clashing in the oddest moments.

Women sport bullet bras and big 60's lacquered hairdos yet drive around in old 30's jalopies. The clothes are period only when it suits the purpose of the plot, otherwise you have men with 60's Jerry Lewis haircuts (10 lbs of Vaseline) and golf sweaters. The women's makeup is all 60's liquid eyeliner and false eyelashes.

Things are so topsy turvey that when Harlow is seduced by the sleazoid Leslie Neilsen, we see that he has an electronic 60's bachelor pad straight out of an issue of Playboy.

However, my favorite idiotic anachronism is when Harlow is onstage at a personal appearance for one of her films, and to the accompaniment of the strains of 60's twist music, actually engages in an energetic twist while reading questions from the audience! What were they thinking? This movie blows, but in a lot of fun ways. There's that cheesy theme song by whiny Bobby Vinton, then there is stolid and expressionless Carroll Baker playing not jean Harlow but the Cheryl Barker role from "The Oscar." The males assembled (Leslie Neilsen, Peter Lawford and Mike Connors) are an oddly bland, sexless bunch; and throughout nothing rings even remotely true to life.

Forget about seeing a film about Jean Harlow. Watch this mess like you would "Valley of the Dolls," strictly for laughs

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