Platinum Blonde

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This Frank Capra comedy from 1931 helped define the screwball-comedy genre that became so popular with films like It Happened One Night and The Awful Truth. In this witty romp, Jean Harlow plays an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband (Robert Williams) into conforming to her highfalutin ways. The husband chafes at the confinement of high society, though, and yearns for a creative outlet. He decides to write a play and collaborates with a fellow reporter (Loretta Young); the results are unexpectedly hilarious, especially when Young shows up at the mansion with a gaggle of boozehound reporters in tow. With snappy, ribald dialogue (allowable in those pre-Hays Code days), Capra keeps the gags flying fast and furious, taking special delight in having Williams's journalist pals rib him endlessly over his kept-man status. Platinum Blonde was a great success at the time of its release during the class-conscious Depression; for better or worse, its star Harlow was identified with the tag "platinum blonde" until her untimely death. --Jerry Renshaw
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A hard-nosed reporter finds himself drawn towards —and eventually married to—a wealthy platinum blonde. She is determined to "civilize" him and train him to function in society. But waiting stoically in the wings is his down-to-earth reporter buddy, who embodies the grounded, street-smart qualities that he clearly seeks in a woman. Stars screen siren Jean Harlow, Loretta Young and Robert Williams. Directed by Academy Award® winner Frank Capra.

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Platinum Blonde Starring: Loretta Young , Robert Williams , Jean Harlow , Halliwell Hobbes , and Reginald Owen Director: Frank Capra Manufacturer: Sony Pictures ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD General | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Class Differences | By Theme | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Opposites Attract | By Theme | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Classic Comedies | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video General | Romantic Comedies | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Frank Capra | Comedy Directors | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video General | Drama | Genres | DVD | Video Love & Romance | Drama | Genres | DVD | Video | Crumbling Marriages | Erotic | Infidelity & Betrayal | Love Story | Love Triangle | Marriage | Romance | Romantic Epic | Star-Crossed Lovers | Unrequited Love | Young Love Drama | Kids & Family | Genres | DVD | Video Comedy | Kids & Family | Genres | DVD | Video Benge, Wilson | ( B ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Catlett, Walter | ( C ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Harlow, Jean | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Hytten, Olaf | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video London, Tom | ( L ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Owen, Reginald | ( O ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Price, Hal | ( P ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Strang, Harry | ( S ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Williams, Robert | ( W ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Young, Loretta | ( Y ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Capra, Frank | ( C ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video All Sony Pictures Titles | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | Studio Specials | Stores | DVD | Video Used DVDs | Stores | DVD | Video | Action & Adventure | African American Cinema | Animation | Anime & Manga | Art House & International | Classics | Comedy | Cult Movies | Documentary | Drama | Educational | Fitness & Yoga | Gay & Lesbian | Horror | Kids & Family | Military & War | Music Video & Concerts | Musicals & Performing Arts | Mystery & Suspense | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Special Interests | Sports | Television | Westerns DVDs Under $7.49 | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video ( P ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video Similar Items: Dinner at Eight Libeled Lady China Seas Carole Lombard - The Glamour Collection (Hands Across the Table/ Love Before Breakfast/ Man of the World/ The Princess Comes Across/ True Confession/ We're Not Dressing) Wife vs. Secretary ASIN: B0000CBL7Z Release Date: 2003-11-04

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