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Bombshell

  • 19331933
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 36m
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7.1/10
2.8K
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Jean Harlow and Lee Tracy in Bombshell (1933)
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
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A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
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    • Victor Fleming(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • John Lee Mahin(screenplay)
    • Jules Furthman(screenplay)
    • Caroline Francke(from the play by)
  • Stars
    • Jean Harlow
    • Lee Tracy
    • Frank Morgan
    • Victor Fleming(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • John Lee Mahin(screenplay)
    • Jules Furthman(screenplay)
    • Caroline Francke(from the play by)
  • Stars
    • Jean Harlow
    • Lee Tracy
    • Frank Morgan
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 60User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
    • 81Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro

    • Videos1

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    Photos33

    Jean Harlow at an event for Bombshell (1933)
    Jean Harlow and Lee Tracy in Bombshell (1933)
    Jean Harlow in Bombshell (1933)
    Jean Harlow in Bombshell (1933)
    Jean Harlow and Lee Tracy in Bombshell (1933)
    Lee Tracy in Bombshell (1933)
    Jean Harlow and Una Merkel in Bombshell (1933)
    Jean Harlow and Franchot Tone in Bombshell (1933)
    Jean Harlow and Frank Morgan in Bombshell (1933)
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    Jean Harlow in Bombshell (1933)
    Jean Harlow and Grace Hayle in Bombshell (1933)

    Top cast

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    Jean Harlow
    Jean Harlow
    • Lola Burns
    Lee Tracy
    Lee Tracy
    • E.J. 'Space' Hanlon
    Frank Morgan
    Frank Morgan
    • Pops Burns
    Franchot Tone
    Franchot Tone
    • Gifford Middleton
    Pat O'Brien
    Pat O'Brien
    • Jim Brogan
    Una Merkel
    Una Merkel
    • Mac
    Ted Healy
    Ted Healy
    • Junior Burns
    Ivan Lebedeff
    Ivan Lebedeff
    • Marquis Hugo di Binelli di Pisa
    Isabel Jewell
    Isabel Jewell
    • A Girl Friend
    • (as Isobel Jewell)
    Louise Beavers
    Louise Beavers
    • Loretta
    Leonard Carey
    Leonard Carey
    • Winters
    Mary Forbes
    Mary Forbes
    • Mrs. Middleton
    C. Aubrey Smith
    C. Aubrey Smith
    • Mr. Middleton
    June Brewster
    June Brewster
    • Alice Cole
    Tom Kennedy
    Tom Kennedy
    • Minor Role
    • (scenes deleted)
    Etta Moten
    • Singer
    • (scenes deleted)
    Gus Arnheim
    • Gus Arnheim - Coconut Grove Bandleader
    • (uncredited)
    Hooper Atchley
    Hooper Atchley
    • Car Salesman
    • (uncredited)
      • Victor Fleming(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • John Lee Mahin(screenplay)
      • Jules Furthman(screenplay)
      • Caroline Francke(from the play by)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The film was unofficially based on the life of Clara Bow, Holllywood's original "It Girl." Director Victor Fleming was once engaged to her.
    • Goofs
      A piece of debris can be seen at the top of the camera lens in several of the shots of Lola riding a horse in the desert. The debris appears and disappears from shot to shot.
    • Quotes

      Lola Burns: Hey, I didn't give you that for a negligee, it's an evening wrap!

      Loretta: I know, Miss Lola, but the negligee what you give me got all tore up, night before last.

      Lola Burns: Your day off is sure brutal on your lingerie.

    • Connections
      Edited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
    • Soundtracks
      Low Down Rhythm
      (uncredited)
      Music by Jesse Greer

    User reviews60

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    8/10
    Shining jazz comedy from one of America's best directors
    Jean Harlow shines as a movie sex starlet who's tired of all the negative publicity drummed up by her studio's publicist (Tracy) to promote her career. she wants to adopt a baby and play "respectable" roles, but society's mavens continually reject her (this "picture girl") and everything she tries to do for herself is thwarted by Tracy, who (more or less) secretly loves her. Very funny and well directed by Fleming, not slapstick as some claim, but more like Hawks/Sturges/Wilder style "screwball."
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    • funkyfry
    • Oct 4, 2002

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    • Release date
      • October 13, 1933 (United States)
      • United States
      • Official site
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Tucson, Arizona, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 36 minutes
      • Black and White

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