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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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Glossy trash, but trash more (20 total)

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: Jean's stepfather plays a 33 rpm long player on a record player years before they replaced 78 rpm discs. more
Movie Connections:
References Love Me Forever (1935) more
Soundtrack:
Lonely Girl more

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Glossy trash, but trash, 19 February 2000
Author: BobLib from Cherry Hill, New Jersey

It's big, it's expensive, it's colorful, and that's about it. The people behind "The Carpetbaggers," obviously hoping that lightning would strike twice, put together the high budget version of Irving Schulman's alleged biography of Jean Harlow the following year. This was a mistake. "Carpetbaggers" was trash, but it was enjoyable trash. "Harlow" doesn't even reach that level. Both the Schulman book and this movie were really more fiction than fact and many of those who knew and worked with Harlow, most of whom were still alive at the time, took serious issue with both. Then there are the performances. Even talented people like Angela Lansbury and Raf Vallone, as Jean's mother and stepfather, couldn't do much with this mess, and so compensated by going over the top. But for sheer miscasting, the real violator is not Carroll Baker's overripe Harlow, but Peter Lawford's Paul Bern. Here was the tall, handsome Lawford playing a man who was, by all accounts, short, bald, and, frankly, rather dumpy looking. It's a good thing everything and everybody else in this film other than Jean Harlow, her immediate family, and agent Arthur Landau, were cloaked under various pseudonyms. To have done otherwise would have left Joseph E. Levine and Paramount open to a world of trouble resulting from the libel suits alone.

In short, watching "Harlow," you'll gain nothing and lose 130 minutes you'll never get back again. It really isn't worth it.

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