Harlow (1965)
Actors:
Fred Conte (actor),
Michael Dante (actor),
Nick Dimitri (actor),
James Dobson (actor),
John J. Fox (actor),
Danny Francis (actor),
Ron Gans (actor),
Robert Glenn (actor),
Hurd Hatfield (actor),
Harry Holcombe (actor),
Fred Klein (actor),
Jack Kruschen (actor),
Buddy Lewis (actor),
Sonny Liston (actor),
Lloyd Bochner (actor),
Plot: One of two "Harlow" film biographies that appeared in 1965, this one stars Carol Lynley in the title role that begins as Jean Harlow, a bit player in Laurel and Hardy comedies, is invited to test for director Jonathan Martin for the lead in Howard Hughes's "Hell's Angels." She is an instantaneous sensation, and in a series of films devoted more to her body than her talent, she becomes Hollywood's "Platanum Blonde."
Keywords: actress, blonde, death-of-young-woman, director, dying-young, face-slap, family-relationships, friendship-between-women, hollywood-california, husband-wife-relationship
Genres:
Drama,
Taglines: The Picture The World Has Been Waiting To See!
Harlow (1965)
Actors:
Jack Baker (actor),
Bill Baldwin (actor),
Martin Balsam (actor),
William 'Billy' Benedict (actor),
Larry J. Blake (actor),
Billy Bletcher (actor),
Richard Boyer (actor),
Joe Brooks (actor),
Rand Brooks (actor),
Red Buttons (actor),
Robert Carricart (actor),
Booth Colman (actor),
Mike Connors (actor),
Roger Creed (actor),
Phil Arnold (actor),
Plot: In this story, Harlow starts in the movies as set dressing, the pretty girl who is used for the glamour shots. Refusing to descend to the casting couch for work, she finds that she is soon blacklisted from the industry. But an agent named Arthur sees something in Jean and begins representing her. For a long time, the jobs are scarce and consist mostly of receiving the pie in the face in low budget comedies. But Arthur's belief in Jean never wavers and when she finally graduates to featured roles, the critics say that she cannot act, but she is unforgettable. Polishing the image as the girl next door, but with some fire, she begins her climb to the top and becomes the girl every woman wants to look like and every man wants to have. But her own life is a disaster - unlike her screen life.
Keywords: 1920s, 1930s, actor's-life, actress, agent, alcoholism, assistant-director, blonde, blonde-bombshell, boxing-match
Genres:
Biography,
Drama,
Romance,
Taglines: Harlow stood for only one thing - as no woman ever has - before or since! What was Harlow really like? She was the star who didn't know when to stop!
Quotes:
Assistant Director: [after dismissing Harlow while on the phone wuth the casting director] Next time gimme a girl who isn't ashamed of her body.
Jean Harlow: [Crying after a bad day at the studio] Oh, Mom, all they want is my body!
Arthur Landau: [to Jean] You have the body of a woman and the emotions of a child!
Marino Bello: Perhaps your agent could find a good part for me.::Jean Harlow: [Sarcastically] He only handles people.
Jean Harlow: A bedroom with only one person in it is the loneliest room in the world.
Everett Redman: The time has come for us to start making sex films for the family.
Marino Bello: [after Paul's death] Don't say things about the dead::Jean Harlow: There's nobodydeader than i am right now. Oh, I guarantt all of you I won't be by tomorrow.
Doctor: [Last lines] She's beyond help, Mrs. Bello.::Arthur Landau: She was only 26.::Doctor: Pneumonia is somethig we haven't conquered.::Arthur Landau: She dudn't die of pneumonia. She died of life. She gave it all to everyone else, and there wasn't enough left for her.
Everett Redman: [to Jean] Try to stay the same unspoiled movie star you always were.