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Red-Headed Woman

  • 19321932
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 19m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
3.3K
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Jean Harlow in Red-Headed Woman (1932)
ComedyDramaRomance
Lillian (Jean Harlow) relentlessly attempts to seduce a married man (Chester Morris).Lillian (Jean Harlow) relentlessly attempts to seduce a married man (Chester Morris).Lillian (Jean Harlow) relentlessly attempts to seduce a married man (Chester Morris).
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
3.3K
YOUR RATING
    • Jack Conway
  • Writers
    • Katharine Brush(book)
    • Felix E. Feist(uncredited)
    • F. Scott Fitzgerald(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Jean Harlow
    • Chester Morris
    • Lewis Stone
    • Jack Conway
  • Writers
    • Katharine Brush(book)
    • Felix E. Feist(uncredited)
    • F. Scott Fitzgerald(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Jean Harlow
    • Chester Morris
    • Lewis Stone
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 65User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Jean Harlow and Chester Morris in Red-Headed Woman (1932)
    Jean Harlow in Red-Headed Woman (1932)
    Jean Harlow in Red-Headed Woman (1932)
    Jean Harlow in Red-Headed Woman (1932)
    Jean Harlow in Red-Headed Woman (1932)
    Leila Hyams and Chester Morris in Red-Headed Woman (1932)
    Jean Harlow and Chester Morris in Red-Headed Woman (1932)
    Charles Boyer, Jean Harlow, and Henry Stephenson in Red-Headed Woman (1932)
    Jean Harlow and Chester Morris in Red-Headed Woman (1932)
    Jean Harlow in Red-Headed Woman (1932)
    Jean Harlow and Chester Morris in Red-Headed Woman (1932)
    Jean Harlow in Red-Headed Woman (1932)

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    Jean Harlow
    Jean Harlow
    • Lil Andrews
    Chester Morris
    Chester Morris
    • Bill Legendre Jr.
    Lewis Stone
    Lewis Stone
    • William Legendre Sr.
    Leila Hyams
    Leila Hyams
    • Irene Legendre
    Una Merkel
    Una Merkel
    • Sally
    Henry Stephenson
    Henry Stephenson
    • Charles B. Gaerste
    May Robson
    May Robson
    • Aunt Jane
    Charles Boyer
    Charles Boyer
    • Albert
    Harvey Clark
    Harvey Clark
    • Uncle Fred
    Henry Armetta
    Henry Armetta
    • Waiter Warning Bill of Lipstick
    • (uncredited)
    Sidney Bracey
    Sidney Bracey
    • Man Wanting to Use Phone Booth
    • (uncredited)
    Ed Brady
    Ed Brady
    • Man Outside Pool Hall
    • (uncredited)
    Ralph Byrd
    Ralph Byrd
    • Driver with Mustache
    • (uncredited)
    Albert Conti
    Albert Conti
    • Frenchman in Paris
    • (uncredited)
    Adolph Faylauer
    Adolph Faylauer
    • Man at Race Track
    • (uncredited)
    Leyland Hodgson
    Leyland Hodgson
    • Surprised Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    James T. Mack
    • Thomas - Legendre Butler
    • (uncredited)
    Edmund Mortimer
    Edmund Mortimer
    • Gaerste's Dinner Guest
    • (uncredited)
      • Jack Conway
    • Writers
      • Katharine Brush(book)
      • Felix E. Feist(uncredited)
      • F. Scott Fitzgerald(uncredited)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The screenplay submitted by F. Scott Fitzgerald was rejected by producer Irving Thalberg, who thought it took the story too seriously, so he brought in Anita Loos to do a complete rewrite with a lighter, more comical tone.
    • Goofs
      (at around 17 mins) When Sally is removing her pajamas to give back to Lillian, the camera constantly is moving to keep the nudity out of the frame. However, when Sally removes her top and hands it to Lillian, it can be seen for a half second that Jean Harlow's right breast is covered by a flesh-covered, strapless half-bra that conceals only the lower breast.
    • Quotes

      Lil Andrews: [trying on a dress in a store, Lil positions herself in front of a sunny window] Can you see through this?

      Store Clerk: I'm afraid you can, Miss.

      Lil Andrews: I'll wear it.

      Store Clerk: Oh!

    • Connections
      Edited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
    • Soundtracks
      Red-Headed Woman
      (uncredited)

      Music by Richard A. Whiting

      Lyrics by Ray Egan

      Played and sung by an unidentified man during the opening credits

      Reprised by an unidentifed male singer in a nightclub

    User reviews65

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    Reds
    Watching this today will give you a quite different impression than it gave its original audience.

    Today we will see a film with strong sexual notions that we will note because such things all went away with the censors a year later.

    We'll see — and you can check it by the comments here — a story about a golddigger who uses sex to exploit one poor guy after another. The sexy bitch here is Jean Harlowe in one of the roles that made her the template for Monroe, who is the one we remember. Today, we might even note that she isn't punished for her sins.

    But the audience it was made for was deep in a depression. They would have noted that the rich men in this story got their money through coal. They created nothing; they invented nothing. All they had was a government-backed deed that said they could pull stuff out of the ground with virtual slaves and sell it. They are the victims as seen today where monopolists are celebrated. But in its time, these guys were fair targets. The "society" folks would have all been repulsive, and much of that carries over today.

    Even though the first guy seems likable enough, its the violent sex that wins him over every time. Its only when he discovers she has moved on that he is able to break the spell. The fact that the story is different in a different context is incidental to my main point, which is about redheads.

    Now Jean and Marilyn were blonds, both artificially. But THIS movie starts with the character's new campaign to catch a rich husband. And to start, she dyes her blond hair red. This interests me because I have a small study of redheaded women in film, how they are used and how we reason about them.

    Its a relatively simple thing to trace. My interest began when stumbling upon someone in a Disney character research lab who was tied to some spooky government research I was sponsoring. Look at the recent Disney animated women heroines. All but the Arabian princess are red. Now why is that? I am preparing a web site on this topic alone.

    Anyway, if you are interested in this, Clara Bow was our first fully sexual movie woman and every moviegoer would have known she was red. Even though the films were black and white, the movie magazines tinted hair color. Red is easier to make look good with those dyes. And later you will see the same effect with hair color and Technicolor. Judy was dyed red for Oz and St. Louis, for instance.

    For some reason. Redheads were tied to overt sexuality and explosive tempers. Whether you think film makes or reflects society, you might find a visit to this movie interesting. And yes, the redhead wins against the monied doofuses.

    Incidentally, if you follow how memes jump from movie to movie, watch this, then "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," for a redhead newly in monied society in a small town, who wants a party and is snubbed.

    Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.
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    • tedg
    • Jan 29, 2007

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    • Release date
      • June 25, 1932 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • 1 hour 19 minutes
      • Black and White

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