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03/08/1934 Comedy, Romance 1h 13m
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The story of a platinum blonde who wouldn't go off the gold standard!

Overview

Leaving Missouri to find a wealthy husband in New York City, Eadie Chapman becomes a chorus girl and soon entertains at the lavish home of millionaire Frank Cousins. Cousins proposes to Eadie, only to then commit suicide due to bankruptcy. Fellow millionaire T. R. Paige defends Eadie when the police question her for having Cousins' jewelry -- but when she becomes enamored with his son, Tom, Paige declares Eadie a gold digger.

  1. Jack Conway

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Jean Harlow

    Eadie

  2. Lionel Barrymore

    T.R. Paige

  3. Franchot Tone

    T.R. Paige, Jr.

  4. Lewis Stone

    Frank Cousins

  5. Patsy Kelly

    Kitty Lennihan

  6. Alan Mowbray

    Lord Douglas

  7. Clara Blandick

    Miss Newberry

  8. Hale Hamilton

    Charlie Turner

  9. Henry Kolker

    Senator Titcombe

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Reviews

A review by talisencrw
Written by talisencrw on 2016-08-15
After seeing this, my third film from the 7-DVD 'Jean Harlow 100th Anniversary Collection' from Warner Archives, I'm very tempted to say, without exaggerating, that perhaps she was the first 'modern' actress (though Barbara Stanwyck and Joan Crawford would also be in the running). Her speech was very fast by that era's standard, she displayed a huge range of emotion, was incredibly sexy and was great at both comedy and drama.

This was great, as she's a chorus girl from a poor family in the Midwest who wants to marry a millionaire but the right way, and without sacrificing her values in the ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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