A theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire.
Acting
Harlow's raw, wounded vulnerability beneath the platinum blonde armor.
Costume
Adrian's gowns that scream money even when she's broke.
Direction
Fleming balancing three tones: musical, comedy, tragedy.
Director
Victor Fleming
Jean Harlow
Mona Leslie
William Powell
Ned Riley
Franchot Tone
Robert 'Bob' Harrison Jr.
May Robson
Mrs. Granny Leslie
Ted Healy
Smiley
Nat Pendleton
Blossom
Rosalind Russell
Josephine 'Jo' Mercer
Mickey Rooney
Eddie
Henry Stephenson
Colonel Harrison Sr.
Frank Leavitt
Man Mountain Dean - Wrestler
Robert Light
Paul Mercer
Allan Jones
Allan
Louise Henry
Louise
James Ellison
Dale Every
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Harlow and Powell fell in love on this set and stayed together until her death two years later. Their real chemistry makes the fictional heartbreak almost unbearable.
This was MGM's attempt to give Harlow 'respectable' dramatic roles after her typecasting as a bombshell. The public rejected it—box office poison—proving they wanted her dangerous, not domesticated.
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