{"id":45593,"date":"2019-11-12T23:24:21","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T06:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=45593"},"modified":"2020-11-28T19:28:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T02:28:46","slug":"platinum-blonde-1931","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=45593","title":{"rendered":"Platinum Blonde (1931)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You&#8217;re my pal, aren&#8217;t you? Don&#8217;t turn female on me!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Poster-150x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-45594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Poster-150x300.jpg 150w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Poster-64x128.jpg 64w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Poster.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA reporter (Robert Williams) falls for and marries a blonde heiress (Jean Harlow), not realizing that his gal-pal (Loretta Young) has a crush on him.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cross-Class Romance<\/li>\n<li>Frank Capra Films<\/li>\n<li>Jean Harlow Films<\/li>\n<li>Journalists<\/li>\n<li>Loretta Young Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nFrank Capra directed this pre-Code romantic comedy featuring a fine lead actor with a tragically short life: Williams (who I hadn&#8217;t seen in anything before this) seemed destined for some kind of stardom, given his natural ease and humor on-screen, but died of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/peritonitis\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20376247\">peritonitis<\/a> four days after this film&#8217;s release. Meanwhile, 18-year-old Loretta Young is wide-eyed and luminous in her supporting role as Williams&#8217; would-be girlfriend, and Harlow shows typically sassy charm. The storyline itself is a fairly standard tale of classes clashing (we can predict who will end up with whom), but it offers a few memorably nutty moments &#8212; most notably Williams and Harlow singing a variation on &#8220;The Farmer in the Dell&#8221; as Harlow insists to Williams, &#8220;You&#8217;re gonna be a good boy and wear garters!&#8221;, and the scene in which a butler (Halliwell Hobbes) attempts to demonstrate what &#8220;puttering&#8221; means to Williams.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Williams as Stew Smith<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still-1024x693.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"433\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-45601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still-1024x693.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still-128x87.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still-768x520.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still.png 1453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jean Harlow as Anne Schuyler<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Harlow.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Harlow-1024x638.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"399\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-45600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Harlow-1024x638.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Harlow-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Harlow-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Harlow-768x479.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Harlow.png 1561w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Loretta Young as Gallagher<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Young.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Young-1024x681.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-45597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Young-1024x681.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Young-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Young-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Young-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Young.png 1459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Some enjoyable &#8220;pre-Code moments&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still3-1024x671.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"419\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-45603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still3-1024x671.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still3-128x84.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still3-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still3-768x503.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still3.png 1473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still4-1024x668.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"418\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-45596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still4-1024x668.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still4-128x84.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still4-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still4-768x501.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still4.png 1491w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Joseph Walker&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still2-1024x653.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"408\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-45602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still2-1024x653.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still2-128x82.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still2-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still2-768x490.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Still2.png 1531w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Cinematography2-1024x655.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"409\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-45599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Cinematography2-1024x655.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Cinematography2-128x82.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Cinematography2-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Cinematography2-768x491.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Platinum-Blonde-Cinematography2.png 1471w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s recommended for one-time viewing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0022268\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pre-code.com\/platinum-blonde-1931-review-jean-harlow-loretta-young\/\">Pre-Code Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/laurasmiscmusings.blogspot.com\/2011\/08\/tonights-movie-platinum-blonde-1931.html\">Laura&#8217;s Miscellanious Musings Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/3747\/platinum-blonde#articles-reviews?articleId=215718\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1931\/10\/31\/archives\/the-screen-a-mothers-love-the-sinister-baron-out-of-his-element-an.html\">NY Times Original Review (scroll down)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re my pal, aren&#8217;t you? Don&#8217;t turn female on me!&#8221; Synopsis: A reporter (Robert Williams) falls for and marries a blonde heiress (Jean Harlow), not realizing that his gal-pal (Loretta Young) has a crush on him. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Cross-Class Romance Frank Capra Films Jean Harlow Films Journalists Loretta Young Films Love Triangle Review: Frank Capra directed this pre-Code romantic comedy featuring a fine lead actor with a tragically short life: Williams (who I hadn&#8217;t seen in anything&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=45593\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45593"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55548,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45593\/revisions\/55548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}