Platinum Girl: The Life and Legends of Jean HarlowIn 1930, after the public had seen Jean Harlow in Howard Hughes' WWI air ace epic, Hell's Angels, the nation's beauty parlors were jammed with women demanding to be transformed into "platinum blondes." The phrase was invented by a studio press agent, and the look was the work of Hollywood's newest, most explosive bombshell. This book explores the woman behind the legends and the scandals. The brief life of Jean Harlow is a story of success, of a triumphal struggle with Hollywood and the consequences of rapid fame. This is an important book about one of Hollywood's most extraordinary personalities. -- Publisher description. |
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... Carole Lombard , Anita Louise , Lola Lane , and Lyda Roberti found themselves turned into Harlow clones . Golden - blonde Mae West lightened her hair in 1932 ; in Go West , Young Man , character actress Elizabeth Patterson looks askance ...
... Carole Lombard , Anita Louise , Lola Lane , and Lyda Roberti found themselves turned into Harlow clones . Golden - blonde Mae West lightened her hair in 1932 ; in Go West , Young Man , character actress Elizabeth Patterson looks askance ...
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... Carole Lombard ( who was appalled at the crowds and asked Gable to spare her any such circus ) , the Marx Brothers , Carey and Carmelita Wilson , Billie Burke , Joan Crawford , Myrna Loy - more than enough to satisfy the morbid ...
... Carole Lombard ( who was appalled at the crowds and asked Gable to spare her any such circus ) , the Marx Brothers , Carey and Carmelita Wilson , Billie Burke , Joan Crawford , Myrna Loy - more than enough to satisfy the morbid ...
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... Lombard , Marie Dressler , and Theda Bara , one encounters the Jean Harlow Room , barred from the public by a gate , a guard , and a security camera . Jean rests in one ... Carole Lombard brave the photographers at Jean's D 216 PLATINUM GIRL.
... Lombard , Marie Dressler , and Theda Bara , one encounters the Jean Harlow Room , barred from the public by a gate , a guard , and a security camera . Jean rests in one ... Carole Lombard brave the photographers at Jean's D 216 PLATINUM GIRL.
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