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Steve D @RT35616104 06/10/2023 Fun film the code would have blocked. See more michael d @RT16138633 12/15/2021 Jean Harlow plays a streetwise character who falls for a charming con man, Clark Gable. After Gable accidentally kills a guy, he takes off and leaves Harlow to take the rap. She winds. up in a woman's prison, where she discovers she's pregnant. Harlow is terrific. See more 11/02/2019 You are bound to cry towards the end. Great to see taboo subjects handled openly and sympathetically, before censorship made many plots insipid. See more 10/14/2017 Jean Harlow and Clark Gable provide high-wattage star power in this film filled with classic images of both. Ah, the 1930's, when you could elude the law by waltzing into a young woman's unlocked apartment, find her taking a bath, and then have her come out and not only cover for you, but iron your clothes. The pair have great chemistry and repartee, and sparks fly. Dorothy Burgess is a firecracker as Gable's old girlfriend who drinks a little too much, and Stuart Erwin is solid as his sidekick in grifting. Overall, the film has that playful, pre-Code joy to it, naughty as it is. The screenplay by Anita Loos and Howard Emmett Rogers is delightful, and the direction from Sam Wood includes some wonderful shots. The final 45 minutes drag a bit, as Harlow is sentenced to a reformatory school, though it was nice to see the shenanigans of her fellow inmates, which included the lovely Theresa Harris, and Harlow singing at the piano to them. It's interesting to see the reaction to Harlow being pregnant, which leads to some over-the-top melodrama in the form of Gable pleading for a preacher to perform marriage services. You can see the ending coming a mile away, but an entertaining film throughout. See more 06/17/2015 another forbidden Hollywood movie this film may be 82 years old and you could see why all the men in the 1930s went gaga over Jean Harlow she was a very talented actress and wore nice hats to. See more 11/26/2014 This movie is witty, smart and utterly touching. And how often do you get to see Jean Harlow (or any dame of this era, for that matter) give another dame a swift punch in the jaw? (Twice!)... Gable and Harlow demonstrate star power in this lesser known pairing--There's a good girl hidden underneath that tough dame bravado... Grifters in love!! See more Read all reviews

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