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Red-Headed Woman

United States

1932

79 Min
Color
1.37:1
English
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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DIR Jack Conway

PROD Albert Lewin, Irving Thalberg

SCR Anita Loos

CAST Jean Harlow, Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, Leila Hyams

Synopsis

Jean Harlow in a pre Hay’s code movie portrays a young beautiful woman who intends to sleep her way to the top in the Great Depression. Miss Harlow wearing a ‘red’ wig stops at nothing to sleep with the boss’s son, Chester Morris, ruin his marriage to Leila Hyamas (who is a size ‘0’ or less) for money. and marriage . Lots of sex and innuendo let us know that Jean Harlow is a healthy girl who enjoys a good sex life with the Chester’s character Bill Legendre before marriage. Once married to Chester Morris, Jean’s character is not accepted by his well to do friends and is made a laughing stock. Leaving town Jean heads to New York where she starts an immediate affair with an old friend of the family, over 60, and the family chauffer just for good measure. However Chester Morris finds out what is going on and tells her new lover, with her new engagement broken she heads back to Chester. Wise to her now and with a hopefull reunion with his first wife, she is rejected but accepts a payoff and heads off into the sunset with the chauffer. Now able to speak French, Jeam Harlow now finds herself a French millionaire and keeps the chauffer. Jean Harlow’s character wears revealing clothes and is topless in one scene when changing. Una Merkel as her best friend is a great down to earth friend who accepts it all as quite normal behaviour for 1932. Very entertaining.—IMDb

Director

Original

Jack Conway

Jack Conway (17 July 1887; Graceville, Minnesota – 11 October 1952; Pacific Palisades, California) was a film director and film producer, as well as an actor of many films in the first half of the 20th century. His full name was Hugh Ryan Conway. Under the name of John Conway, he was a co-director, co-producer and actor. He was the father of the actor Pat Conway (together with Virginia Bushman). He was also the father of writer Rosemary Conway (together with his first wife, silent film actress Viola Barry). —wikipedia 

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Adam Suraf

28Jul12

Jean Harlow in a hilarious, sexy, cunning, catty performance as a man-eater climbing her way through society, one married boss at a time. Also hilarious, Una Merkel as her perpetually shocked and appalled best friend.

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MarcH

29Oct11

Remarkably frank and slutty. I cannot imagine a major actress daring to play a role like this today.

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Human Form

13Aug11

Jean Harlow is really ugly.

JESCIE and Samantha Kate like this

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Lori Crockett

29Jul11

This is a complete HOOT!

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