A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
Acting
Harlow's volcanic comic timing — she owns every frame.
Writing
Dialogue that moves like machine gun fire.
Direction
Fleming keeps the satire sharp, never sentimental.
Director
Victor Fleming
Jean Harlow
Lola Burns
Lee Tracy
E.J. 'Space' Hanlon
Frank Morgan
Pops Burns
Franchot Tone
Gifford Middleton
Pat O'Brien
Jim Brogan
Una Merkel
Mac
Ted Healy
Junior Burns
Ivan Lebedeff
Marquis Hugo di Binelli di Pisa
Isabel Jewell
Nellie, Junior's Girlfriend
Louise Beavers
Loretta
Leonard Carey
Winters
Mary Forbes
Mrs. Middleton
C. Aubrey Smith
Mr. Middleton
June Brewster
Alice Cole
Minerva Urecal
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Harlow was genuinely exhausted from MGM's relentless promotional machine while filming — she was essentially playing herself.
This is one of the last great pre-code films before the Hays Code censorship hammer dropped in 1934; the sexual frankness and Lola's agency would've been impossible just months later.
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