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Bombshell( 1933)

TV-MAComedyRomance
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An explosion of laughter...with beautiful Jean Harlow as the female fire-cracker of filmdom!

Overview

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Jean Harlow

      Lola Burns

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      Lee Tracy

      E.J. 'Space' Hanlon

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      Frank Morgan

      Pops Burns

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      Franchot Tone

      Gifford Middleton

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      Pat O’Brien

      Jim Brogan

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      Una Merkel

      Mac

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      Ted Healy

      Junior Burns

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      Ivan Lebedeff

      Marquis Hugo di Binelli di Pisa

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      Isabel Jewell

      Nellie, Junior's Girlfriend

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      Louise Beavers

      Loretta

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      Leonard Carey

      Winters

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      Mary Forbes

      Mrs. Middleton

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      C. Aubrey Smith

      Mr. Middleton

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      June Brewster

      Alice Cole

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      Minerva Urecal

      Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

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      Dorothy DeBorba

      Girl Getting Lola's Autograph at Table (uncredited)

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      Grace Hayle

      Mrs. Titcomb (uncredited)

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      Martha Sleeper

      Lola's Hair Stylist (uncredited)

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      Gus Arnheim

      Gus Arnheim - Coconut Grove Bandleader (uncredited)

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      Hooper Atchley

      Car Salesman (uncredited)

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      Ed Brady

      Photographer (uncredited)

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      Don Brodie

      Photographer (uncredited)

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      James Burke

      First Immigration Officer (uncredited)

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      Primo Carnera

      Primo Carnera - in the Opening Montage (uncredited)

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      Billy Dooley

      Man Claiming to Be Lola's Husband (uncredited)

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      Ben Erway

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Edward Gargan

      Second Immigration Officer (uncredited)

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      Harrison Greene

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Ethel Griffies

      Mrs. Ward - Orphanage Representative (uncredited)

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      Tenen Holtz

      White - Lola's Agent (uncredited)

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      Kenner G. Kemp

      Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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      Donald Kerr

      Monte - Lola's Makeup Man (uncredited)

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      Wilbur Mack

      Van Randolph - Hugo's Lawyer (uncredited)

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      Philo McCullough

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Greta Meyer

      Lola's Masseuse (uncredited)

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      Miki Morita

      Yokahama (uncredited)

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      Philip Morris

      Studio Workman (uncredited)

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      Louis Natheaux

      Car Salesman (uncredited)

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      William Newell

      Lola's Chauffeur (uncredited)

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      Dennis O'Keefe

      Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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      Paul Power

      Cocoanut Grove Patron (uncredited)

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      Shirley Ross

      Singer (uncredited)

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      Leonard Sillman

      Minor Role (uncredited)

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      Dale Van Sickel

      Cocoanut Grove Patron (uncredited)

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      Morgan Wallace

      H.E. Gillette (uncredited)

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      Kathrin Clare Ward

      Older Orphanage Nurse (uncredited)

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      Ruth Warren

      Miss Carroll from Photoplay Magazine (uncredited)

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      Allen Wood

      Frankie (uncredited)

    Social

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    A review by talisencrw

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    Written by talisencrw on Sat Jun 25 2016
    This was so much fun to watch, as Harlow tries to have her cake and eat it too, in having both the fine career, adopt a baby, and have true love, which she's trying to discover amongst four very different suitors. Twists abound, and I greatly admire how unchanged she seemed to be (at least in her performance here) from her real self. She was definitely one of the best in this period of coming off that way. I simply wish she had made many more films, and hadn't died at such a young age. I definitely look forward to seeing the other six films in the 100th Anniversary Collection I found this in, f...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • newspaper
    • publicity
    • paparazzi
    • celebrity
    • hollywood
    • screwball comedy
    • pre-code
    • movie star
    • press agent
    • tabloid reporter
    • publicity stunt
    • old hollywood
    • blonde bombshell
    • publicity agent