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Jean Harlow TCM Summer Under the Stars Picto-Sked

August 7, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

The Beast of the City 1932 newspaper ad

A collection of 14 vintage newspaper ads representing every Jean Harlow movie playing on TCM during their August 7, 2016 TCM Summer Under the Stars marathon.

Filed Under: Clippings, Notes & Quotes Tagged With: Jean Harlow, picto-sked, Summer Under the Stars, suts, suts 2016

Red-Headed Woman (1932) Reveals New Jean Harlow

August 6, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Jean Harlow in Red-Headed Woman

Jean Harlow lobbies for Red-Headed Woman and emerges as one of MGM’s top stars. Background notes on the film accompany a look at this pre-Code classic adapted from a Katharine Brush novel. The movie also stars Chester Morris, Una Merkel, and Leila Hyams. Directed by Jack Conway.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Adaptations, anita loos, Charles Boyer, Chester Morris, Henry Stephenson, Jack Conway, Jean Harlow, Katharine Brush, Leila Hyams, Lewis Stone, May Robson, MGM, pre-Code, Una Merkel

Mary Dees – Piecing Together Life of Jean Harlow’s Saratoga Stand-In

April 3, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 8 Comments

Mary Dees Press Photo

A complete biography of Mary Dees, the extra and stand-in who filled in for Jean Harlow after Harlow’s tragic death during the filming of Saratoga. Culled from numerous American and Australian sources with a few published inaccuracies contradicted and corrected.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: double, extra, hoi polloi, Jean Harlow, mary dees, saratoga, stand-in, The Three Stooges, the women

Myrna Loy – The Only Good Girl in Hollywood vs. Being and Becoming

October 5, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 21 Comments

Myrna Loy’s 1987 autobiography Being and Becoming is an all-time favorite here. 2011 brings the first Myrna Loy biography since that time, Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood by Emily W. Leider. Here’s a look at both titles, side by side.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: autobiography, Being and Becoming, biography, book review, Clark Gable, emily w leider, james kotsilibas davis, Jean Harlow, movie book reviews, Myrna Loy, William Powell

Personal Property (1937) Starring Jean Harlow and Robert Taylor

March 16, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Robert Taylor and Jean Harlow in Personal Property

A look at Jean Harlow’s penultimate film appearance, opposite Robert Taylor in MGM’s Personal Property (1937), a remake of 1931’s The Man in Possession also starring Reginald Owen, E.E. Clive, Henrietta Crosman, Una O’Connor, and Forrester Harvey.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1937, Barnett Parker, Cora Witherspoon, E.E. Clive, Forrester Harvey, Henrietta Crosman, Jean Harlow, Marla Shelton, MGM, Personal Property, Reginald Owen, Robert Taylor, Romantic Comedy, The Man in Possession, Una O'Connor, W.S. Van Dyke, Warner Archive

Happy Hundredth to TCM Star of the Month Jean Harlow

March 1, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Celebrating the centenary of Jean Harlow’s birth with the complete March 2011 TCM Star of the Month Schedule, over 60 vintage movie card images in a brand new gallery, pointing to the new Jean Harlow book and the wonderful work being posted around the web as part of the Jean Harlow Blogathon.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Harlow in Hollywood, Jean Harlow, SOTM, Star of the Month, TCM

Harlow in Hollywood Authors Interviewed on The Kitty Packard Pictorial

February 8, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Select excerpts from the interview with Harlow in Hollywood authors Darrell Rooney and Mark A. Vieira conducted on The Kitty Packard Pictorial. Plus some Harlow collectibles from the Immortal Ephemera archives to illustrate our post.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Darrell Rooney, Harlow in Hollywood, Jean Harlow, Kitty Packard Pictorial, Mark A Vieira, other books

China Seas (1935) starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow

March 3, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

The Clark Gable and Jean Harlow teaming peaks in China Seas, the 4th of their 6 MGM pairings, a tale of love and piracy at sea also starring Wallace Beery and Rosalind Russell.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Adventures, C Aubrey Smith, China Seas, Clark Gable, Dudley Digges, Edward Brophy, Jean Harlow, Lewis Stone, MGM, Movie Reviews, pirates, Robert Benchley, Romance, Rosalind Russell, Wallace Beery

The Beast of the City (1932) starring Walter Huston and Wallace Ford

February 27, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Jean Harlow in The Beast of the City

A review of an under appreciated 1932 pre-Code classic, The Beast of the City, starring Walter Huston and with Jean Harlow.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, charles brabin, cops and robbers, Gangsters, herbert hoover, Jean Harlow, Jean Hersholt, MGM, Mickey Rooney, movie collectibles, pre-Code, W.R. Burnett, Wallace Ford, Walter Huston, Warner Archive

Today in 1901 – Birth of Chester Morris

February 16, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Happy birthday to Boston Blackie, Chester Morris (1901-1970), with brief review of his film career, a quick film clip, plus movie cards and collectible images.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: boston blackie, Chester Morris, Jean Harlow, nc wyeth, Prison Films, series, youtube

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