Bombshell
1933, Comedy, 1h 35m
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Film starlet Lola Burns (Jean Harlow) is tired of her money-grubbing father (Frank Morgan) and her scandal-chasing publicist E.J. "Space" Hanlon (Lee Tracy). After being unable to adopt a child due to Hanlon's interference, Lola flees movie stardom and meets Gifford Middleton (Franchot Tone), a millionaire who doesn't know of her fame. Just when marriage seems right around the corner for the new couple, Lola discovers that her past won't be as easy to forget as she'd like.
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Genre: Comedy
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Original Language: English
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Director: Victor Fleming
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Release Date (Theaters): limited
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Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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It's nice to see Jean Harlow in a major role after her breakout performances in 1932, but this film is saddled with a weak script, and filled with noisy and annoying performances. Harlow plays a Hollywood starlet and is awfully shrill in the first half of the film, but the biggest problem is Lee Tracy, who plays a slick studio publicity agent. His actions in keeping Harlow in line, his voice, and his smugness all made me want to reach back in time 83 years and punch him in the face, and yet he is positioned as the 'good guy'. Ugh! The attempts at comedy are dated, but Tracy manipulating it so Harlow can't adopt a child because he believes she couldn't do that and have a career is just sickening, not clever. There are some in-jokes in the film, the best of which is 'Harlow playing Harlow' and the barrel scene from 'Red Dust'. It's nice to see Frank Morgan, better known as being the Wizard of Oz, and it's always nice to see Harlow, and here she tells off the leeches in her life in a nice scene, coos over a baby, and later rides a horse. However, it's pretty bad when your favorite part of the movie is the three sheepdogs! This one is overrated and disappointing.
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A comedic look that was supposedly inspired by the true life of not only Clara Bow, but Jean Harlow herself. Whether the joke was on her, or she knew it; she seemed to have a lot of fun doing it. In fact, all the actors seemed to have a lot of fun doing this film. This was the best that I've ever seen Harlow. She played a movie star with family who she supported, while they drank and had fun; along with others that used her for their own gains. This poor woman couldn't catch a break. Crazy fun.
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it's a very pointed satire of the offscreen life of a sex symbol, ostensibly based on the 'it' girl, clara bow, but having much in common with harlow's own life. great dialogue and one of her best films
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"Bombshell" is a breezy, very funny and unpredictable romp about Lola Burns(Jean Harlow), a popular movie star whose famous image clashes with her chaotic personal life, starting with her neer-do-well father(Frank Morgan) and her latest flame, Hugo(Ivan Lebedeff), supposedly a marquis. And that's where Space Hanlon(Lee Tracy), who handles publicity for Monarch Pictures, comes in, as he tries to maintain Lola's image for her devoted public. Of course, how he goes about that might seem a little underhanded as he tries to get Hugo deported. But he means well, not wanting her to make any mistakes that could wreck her career where she makes five movies a year. What's most surprising about "Bombshell" is how far ahead of its time it is in the department of metafiction. See, the movie that Lola is working on is called "Red Dust" with Clark Gable and there are some reshoots that have to be made under the direction of James Brogan(Pat O'Brien). It's the barrel scene, if you must know.
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