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I know I missed during an induction for my Hall of Fame last month but was busy with work and stuff. Here I am to present two inductees for the month of December though. Two of the most iconic classic film actresses ever..Greta Garbo and Jean Harlow. Both gain admittance to the Hall of Fame by virt read more

For the month of May, the beautiful, sexy and bold, Jean Harlow. Need I say more. The “Blonde Bombshell”, Jean Harlow’s persona eludes sex, sex and more sex. Born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1911, Jeans film career began by accident when she was dropping her friend, aspiring ac read more

For the month of May, the beautiful, sexy and bold, Jean Harlow. Need I say more. The “Blonde Bombshell”, Jean Harlow’s persona eludes sex, sex and more sex. Born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1911, Jeans film career began by accident when she was dropping her friend, aspiring ac read more

This is a cute little pic of Jean and her little friend. Love ya Dawn! Hope everything turns out ok! read more

I thought instead of a summation of Harlow’s life and works I’d include a DVD review of the two box sets I was working with while doing this retrospective (might also grease the wheels with some DVD companies too!).  The only films I had to find via outside resources were the earlier fil read more

The Films of Jean Harlow comes to a close and it’s all rather bittersweet as Harlow didn’t complete this final film.  Saratoga just wasn’t for me, namely because I don’t find anything compelling about horse racing, but her relationship with Gable’s character is great an read more

Libeled Lady has slowly become of my favorite movies in recent years, and cemented my affection for William Powell.  They don’t make screwball comedies like this, and I’m almost afraid of mentioning it because it’s got a premise that I know Hollywood today could screw up.  The stor read more

              Jean Harlow and friend!! Share: • Posted by Art • Thursday, March 15th, 2012 at 5:54 pm • (0) Comment dog lover Jean Harlow Paw Pix Filed under: read more

Another less than good movie and we’re coming down to the final days of Jean Harlow and her films.  Personal Property was released three months before her death and while the story is lifeless, it’s evident Harlow herself is in ill health which ultimately colors the movie as a whole.  A read more

Well it seems Wife vs. Secretary was a fluke because another weak movie today.  It’s not that Suzy’s bad, it just doesn’t know if it wants to be a war film with spies and intrigue, or a Jean Harlow romance.  Sure the movie follows Harlow’s character, the aforementioned Suzy, read more

I feel like I’ve been harsh on the films of Jean Harlow.  It’s not that their bad movies, I just expected more from them…more humor, more heart, and I haven’t gotten that.  Well, it’s turning around with a film that’s easily on par with Libeled Lady (the more I read more

We’re entering the final year of Jean Harlow’s life and she would only make six more movies before succumbing to uremic poisoning at the age of 26.  Today’s film, Riffraff, is a melodramatic pre-cursor to her pairing with Spencer Tracy in Libeled Lady.  In many ways, the film is read more

I think these movies are starting to blend.  That or the screenwriters and directors were just so uninspired that they started recycling from other works.  I mentioned the numerous influences in yesterday’s film Reckless.  Today’s film China Seas is almost a direct sequel to Red Dust read more

Today’s film should have been my favorite of the two box sets I’m working with, but it was just weird and I mean weird like Bombshell in that it had a bizarre tone and a really disjointed script.  The film literally squeezes in every genre of film in a 97 minute run time.  Other similari read more

Today’s film almost feels like a sequel to yesterday’s film Bombshell, and by that I mean it has a very similar cast and story.  Both films star Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, and Franchot Tone while detailing the life of a girl trying to escape a shattered past and be accepted by a lover.  T read more

Today’s film, the Victor Fleming directed Bombshell…is weird.  It’s listed as a screwball comedy and while it’s comedic I never fully understood who I was meant to be laughing at.  The whole film is a cruel joke on Harlow’s character as she tries to find meaning in her read more

I have a copy of Red-Headed Woman on the way so hopefully I’ll be reviewing it in the next couple days and everything will be back on track.  Today’s film is an adaptation of a successful stage play directed by George Cukor.  It’s a who’s-who of actors telling a story about read more

We return back to the films of Jean Harlow!  I was originally planning on doing Red-Headed Woman today but that doesn’t look to be easy to get at the moment so I’ll come back to that when I get it (so much for going in chronological order).  On that note, Netflix is NOT the place to find read more

Though an incredibly busy week, I couldn't let the day go by without remembering silver screen goddess Jean Harlow on what would be her 101st birthday.  I adore her and her style, and my next article celebrates her star performance in 1933's Dinner at Eight as part of my Month (or so) read more

Our second Jean Harlow film greatly expands her character while making her a total bitch!  This is one of director Frank Capra’s lesser known films and that’s probably because it’s far too long, weirdly anti-female while still retaining that “small man of ethic” story read more