Platinum Blonde

1931
U
1h 29m

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Jean Harlow, Robert Williams, and Loretta Young in Platinum Blonde (1931)

Romantic Comedy Screwball Comedy Comedy Romance

A young woman from a very rich family impulsively marries a reporter, but each assumes the other is the one whose lifestyle must change.A young woman from a very rich family impulsively marries a reporter, but each assumes the other is the one whose lifestyle must change.A young woman from a very rich family impulsively marries a reporter, but each assumes the other is the one whose lifestyle must change.

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6.7/10

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Awards
- 2 wins total

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Jean Harlow

Ann Schuyler

Loretta Young

Gallagher

Robert Williams

Stew Smith

Halliwell Hobbes

Butler

Reginald Owen

Grayson

Edmund Breese

Conroy - The Editor

Don Dillaway

Michael Schuyler
(as Donald Dillaway)

Walter Catlett

Bingy

Claud Allister

Dawson - The Valet
(as Claude Allister)

Louise Closser Hale

Mrs. Schuyler

Wilson Benge

Butler
(uncredited)

Vance Carroll

Reporter
(uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

Hank - A Reporter
(uncredited)

Richard Cramer

Speakeasy Proprietor
(uncredited)

Oliver Eckhardt

Reporter
(uncredited)

Bill Elliott

Ann's Beau - The Round-the-World Flyer
(uncredited)

Adolph Faylauer

Party Guest
(uncredited)

J.C. Fowler

Reporter
(uncredited)

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Trivia
In a 2008 interview, actor Christopher Plummer called Williams "...one of the most realistic comedians the screen had. He made Cary Grant look like he was overacting... To watch Robert Williams act was like seeing a comic using the Method, long before the Method became famous with Marlon [Brando] (Marlon Brando) and Monty [Clift] (Montgomery Clift)."

Goofs
When they are looking at the front page of "The Tribune Paper", in the headlines, the word "okay" is misspelled. It shows "It's okey with me."

The spelling of "OK" was not standardized for a long time. Writer Dashiell Hammett among others spelled it "okeh" and "oke",

Quotes
Dexter Grayson: Where were you yesterday?
Anne Schuyler: Oh, Stew and I went for a long ride. Dexter, is there any finishing school we could send him to?
Dexter Grayson: Yes - Sing Sing!

Connections
Edited into 365 Days, also Known as a Year (2019)

Soundtracks
Manhattan
(uncredited)
Music by Richard Rodgers
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Featured review

6/10

The Best Actor You've Never Seen

Robert Williams doesn't even get any billing n the DVD cover or on other promotions of this film, but he IS the star of the film....and he is outstanding.

Williams could have been a major star, a very well-known actor, had he not died four days after this picture was released with a ruptured appendix. The man simply puts on an acting clinic here. I wonder if young aspiring actors are ever shown this film and told to study Williams? If is wasn't for this film, I assume nobody would ever know about this guy.

Anyway, the movie is really dated but its interesting thanks to some great dialog, mainly, once again, by Williams. Jean Harlow gets the billing but a young Loretta Young has the real beauty and charm here. Too bad her role was so minor and bland. She looked absolutely gorgeous.

The storyline is one of Hollywood's favorite themes: the average Joe beating up on the snobby rich people. Harlow's "mother" in here (Louise Closser Hale) plays that snob role perfectly.

Even though I just gave it six stars, there are lots of laughs in this film and it was a lot better than I thought it would be. Watching Williams' acting performance is worth the price of the disc, and then some.