Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter; March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American actress. Known for her portrayal of "bad girl" characters, she was the leading sex symbol of the early 1930s and one of the defining figures of the pre-Code era of American cinema. Often nicknamed the "Blonde Bombshell" and the "Platinum Blonde", Harlow was popular for her "Laughing Vamp" screen persona. Though her screen persona changed dramatically during her career, one constant was her sense of humor. She was given superior movie roles to show off her looks and nascent comedic talent. Harlow was in the film industry for only nine years, but she became one of the biggest stars in the US, whose image in the public eye has endured. Harlow was consistently voted one of the strongest box office draws in the United States from 1933 onward, often surpassing that of MGM's top leading ladies, such as Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer. Her movies also continued to make huge profits at the box office even during the middle of the Depression. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Harlow No. 22 on its greatest female screen legends of classical Hollywood cinema list.

  • Title: Jean Harlow
  • Popularity: 5.061
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1911-03-03
  • Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
  • Homepage: https://www.jeanharlow.com/
  • Also Known As: Harlean Harlow Carpenter, Harlean Carpenter, Джин Харлоу
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Jean Harlow Movies

  • 2005
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    Beer and Blood: Enemies of the Public

    Beer and Blood: Enemies of the Public

    7.8 2005 HD

    An examination of "The Public Enemy" (1931) by film historians and critics.

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  • 1932
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    The Beast of the City

    The Beast of the City

    5.9 1932 HD

    Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his own corrupt brother Ed to watch over Daisy who was associated with Belmonte.

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  • 1930
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    Hell's Angels

    Hell's Angels

    6.445 1930 HD

    When the Great War breaks out, brothers Roy and Monte Rutledge, each attending Oxford University, enlist with the Royal Flying Corps.

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  • 1936
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    Libeled Lady

    Libeled Lady

    7.3 1936 HD

    When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the...

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  • 1931
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    Platinum Blonde

    Platinum Blonde

    6.7 1931 HD

    Anne Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to her highfalutin ways. The husband chafes at the...

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  • 1931
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    The Secret Six

    The Secret Six

    5.8 1931 HD

    Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton....

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  • 1933
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    Bombshell

    Bombshell

    6.5 1933 HD

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

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  • 1937
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    Personal Property

    Personal Property

    6.9 1937 HD

    Raymond Dabney returns to his family after trouble with the law. He convinces the sheriff to give him a job watching the house and furniture of widow...

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  • 1932
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    Red Dust

    Red Dust

    6.9 1932 HD

    Dennis, owner of a rubber plantation in Cochinchina, is involved with Vantine, who left Saigon to evade the police. When his new surveyor arrives...

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  • 1937
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    Saratoga

    Saratoga

    6.3 1937 HD

    A horse breeder's granddaughter falls in love with a gambler in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

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  • 1936
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    Wife vs. Secretary

    Wife vs. Secretary

    6.8 1936 HD

    Linda, the wife of a publishing executive, suspects that her husband Van’s relationship with his attractive secretary Whitey is more than...

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  • 1933
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    Dinner at Eight

    Dinner at Eight

    6.7 1933 HD

    An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of...

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  • 1967
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    The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

    The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

    6 1967 HD

    Film historian Robert Youngson presents a feature-length anthology of rarely seen silent films by comedy legends Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Along...

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  • 1931
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    The Public Enemy

    The Public Enemy

    7.25 1931 HD

    Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and...

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  • 1929
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    Liberty

    Liberty

    6.8 1929 HD

    While changing clothes in a getaway car, escaped convicts Stan and Ollie mistakenly put on each other's pants. They spend the rest of the film trying...

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  • 1929
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    Double Whoopee

    Double Whoopee

    6.655 1929 HD

    Stan and Ollie wreak havoc at an upper class hotel in their jobs as footman (Hardy) and doorman (Laurel). They partially undress blonde bombshell...

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  • 1929
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    Bacon Grabbers

    Bacon Grabbers

    6.3 1929 HD

    Laurel and Hardy are debt collectors trying to repossess a console radio.

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  • 1936
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    Suzy

    Suzy

    5.783 1936 HD

    A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive.

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  • 1935
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    Reckless

    Reckless

    5.3 1935 HD

    A theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire.

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  • 1935
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    China Seas

    China Seas

    6.3 1935 HD

    Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only...

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  • 2004
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    Los Angeles Plays Itself

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

    7.7 2004 HD

    From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen...

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  • 1983
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    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    6.5 1983 HD

    Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival...

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  • 1933
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    Hold Your Man

    Hold Your Man

    6.1 1933 HD

    Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie...

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  • 2022
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    Dream Girl: The making of Marilyn Monroe

    Dream Girl: The making of Marilyn Monroe

    8.7 2022 HD

    How did Marilyn Monroe become one of the greatest sex symbols of all time? What drove a prudish little Californian girl, who was not especially...

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  • 1932
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    Red-Headed Woman

    Red-Headed Woman

    6.611 1932 HD

    Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force...

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  • 1934
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    The Girl from Missouri

    The Girl from Missouri

    6.9 1934 HD

    Leaving Missouri to find a wealthy husband in New York City, Eadie Chapman becomes a chorus girl and soon entertains at the lavish home of...

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  • 1936
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    Riffraff

    Riffraff

    5 1936 HD

    Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. After he is kicked out of his union and fired from his job he leaves Hattie who steals money for him...

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  • 1972
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    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    6 1972 HD

    A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension...

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  • 2008
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    Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

    Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

    6.4 2008 HD

    A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.

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  • 1929
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    New York Nights

    New York Nights

    4.8 1929 HD

    Show girl Jill Deverne is married to song writer Fred Deverne, and everyone is involved in the Broadway night life and endless parties. Jill is being...

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  • 1929
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    The Saturday Night Kid

    The Saturday Night Kid

    4.4 1929 HD

    Mayme and sister Janie are salesgirls in Ginsberg's Department Store. Mayme is in love with store clerk Bill, but Janie tries to steal him from her....

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  • 1993
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    Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell

    Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell

    8.5 1993 HD

    Actress Sharon Stone hosts this documentary about the life and career of 1930s sex symbol Jean Harlow. Included are clips from many of her films,...

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  • 1931
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    Iron Man

    Iron Man

    4.8 1931 HD

    Prizefighter Mason loses his opening fight so wife Rose leaves him for Hollywood. Without her around Mason trains and starts winning. Rose comes back...

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  • 1929
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    Close Harmony

    Close Harmony

    6.5 1929 HD

    Marjorie, a song-and-dance girl in the stage show of a palatial movie theater, becomes interested in Al West, a warehouse clerk who has put together...

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  • 2007
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    Girl 27

    Girl 27

    6.4 2007 HD

    The reclusive Patricia Douglas comes out of hiding to discuss the 1937 MGM scandal, in which the powerful film studio tricked her and over 100 other...

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  • 2000
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    Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

    Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

    1 2000 HD

    A reclusive millionaire who owed his fortune to his father, Howard Hughes staked his fame on many things, including his credits as a producer,...

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  • 1995
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    Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

    Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

    8 1995 HD

    From the A&E "Biography" series, a review of the birth, development and cinematic history of Betty Boop, the flapper cartoon character who has been a...

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  • 1999
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    Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

    Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

    7.7 1999 HD

    Clara Bow: Discovering the 'It' Girl features scenes from 25 of her films, as well as interviews with family members and acquaintances.

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  • 1986
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    Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

    Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

    7.5 1986 HD

    Her story is well-known — the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love...

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  • 1932
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    Three Wise Girls

    Three Wise Girls

    5.1 1932 HD

    Romantic comedy drama about three friends in New York. Cassie has come to New York and goes to work as a model where her friend Gladys works. She...

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  • 1945
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    Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary

    Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary

    1 1945 HD

    A look back at 25 years of Columbia's series of newsreels chronicling the film industry and the lives of Hollywood stars. Clips from earlier films in...

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  • 1942
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    Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

    1 1942 HD

    The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have...

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  • 1931
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    Goldie

    Goldie

    4 1931 HD

    Sailor Spike dates girls whose names he finds in an address book. Each girl has the same tatoo, placed there by another sailor Bill. When Spike meets...

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  • 2004
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    Checking Out: Grand Hotel

    Checking Out: Grand Hotel

    7 2004 HD

    Until 1932's Grand Hotel, never had there existed an all-star ensemble cast on film. Conceived by MGM's production genius Irving Thalberg, the film...

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  • 2006
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    42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

    42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

    6 2006 HD

    Making-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street.

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  • 2009
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    Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity

    Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity

    10 2009 HD

    We are drowning in celebrity culture and certainly no tabloid topic has been as big as Paris Hilton. Her incarceration and subsequent release, then...

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  • 2015
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    Discovering Jean Harlow

    Discovering Jean Harlow

    10 2015 HD

    From the Classic Movie Docs library- Discovering, celebrates the lives of those who soared the highest. From Marlon Brando to Elizabeth Taylor, we...

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  • 1984
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    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    10 1984 HD

    Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually...

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  • 1997
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    Sports on the Silver Screen

    Sports on the Silver Screen

    10 1997 HD

    HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from...

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  • 1961
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    Hollywood: The Selznick Years

    Hollywood: The Selznick Years

    3.3 1961 HD

    Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in...

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  • 1987
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    Hollywood's Hidden Secrets

    Hollywood's Hidden Secrets

    1 1987 HD

    Documentary on the various mysteries in Hollywood.

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  • 1929
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    Why Be Good?

    Why Be Good?

    6.5 1929 HD

    A flapper unwittingly falls for the boss' son.

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  • 1974
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    That's Entertainment!

    That's Entertainment!

    7.2 1974 HD

    Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

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  • 1932
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    Scarface

    Scarface

    7.5 1932 HD

    In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to...

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  • 1964
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    The Big Parade of Comedy

    The Big Parade of Comedy

    6.3 1964 HD

    Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

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  • 1994
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    That's Entertainment! III

    That's Entertainment! III

    6.943 1994 HD

    Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to...

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  • 1931
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    Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)

    Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)

    1 1931 HD

    Rare footage of Jean Harlow and Bela Lugosi discussing Dracula, as well as Walter Huston performing a musical number. It exists solely in fragmentary...

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  • 1930
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    The Love Parade

    The Love Parade

    6.656 1930 HD

    The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.

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  • 2004
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    Judy Garland: By Myself

    Judy Garland: By Myself

    7.5 2004 HD

    As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland's story is one of the saddest success stories you'll ever hear. The sanitized studio version of her life...

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  • 1975
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    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    5.7 1975 HD

    Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

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  • 2003
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    Complicated Women

    Complicated Women

    6.7 2003 HD

    Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered...

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  • 1976
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    That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    6.8 1976 HD

    Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical...

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  • 1986
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    The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

    The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

    8 1986 HD

    In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scenes look at Spencer Tracy's personal and...

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  • 1996
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    The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

    The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

    10 1996 HD

    A documentary reflecting on women in film and the entertainment industry through the ages led and hosted by some of its most beloved female icons.

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  • 2007
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    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    4.9 2007 HD

    Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines...

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  • 1988
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    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    6 1988 HD

    Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.

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  • 1957
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    The Golden Age of Comedy

    The Golden Age of Comedy

    6.909 1957 HD

    A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Keystone Cops.

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  • 1928
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    Chasing Husbands

    Chasing Husbands

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1929
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    Thundering Toupees

    Thundering Toupees

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1929
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    Weak But Willing

    Weak But Willing

    1 1929 HD

    Dave Finkel's family and friends take him out to a Speakeasy for a birthday celebration. Many distractions prevent him from enjoying his meal,...

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  • 1928
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    Moran of the Marines

    Moran of the Marines

    1 1928 HD

    Adventures of a marine in China.

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  • 1929
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    Masquerade

    Masquerade

    1 1929 HD

    The second version of Louis Joseph Vance's 1907 mystery melodrama The Brass Bowl. The story of a wealthy world traveler and his evil lookalike, the...

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  • 1928
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    Honor Bound

    Honor Bound

    1 1928 HD

    When a woman accidentally kills her detested husband, a selfless young man takes the blame and goes to prison. Complications ensue when he is...

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  • 1929
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    This Thing Called Love

    This Thing Called Love

    1 1929 HD

    A romance runs into difficulties because the girl has seen a great deal of the turbulence in her sister's household, and has no illusions about...

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  • 1929
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    Fugitives

    Fugitives

    1 1929 HD

    Nightclub singer Alice Carroll is found in the office of club owner Al Barrow, who is lying dead on the floor. Alice has been overheard threatening...

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  • 1931
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    Beau Hunks

    Beau Hunks

    6.9 1931 HD

    Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.

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  • 1929
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    Why Is a Plumber?

    Why Is a Plumber?

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1929
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    The Unkissed Man

    The Unkissed Man

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1993
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    Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

    4.5 1993 HD

    Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes...

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