Jean Harlow Articles

Jean Harlow in her mother’s living room (top); Harlow in Hollywood authors Mark Vieira and Darrell Rooney (middle); Cafe Trocadero 1935: Edith Gwynne Wilkerson (wife of Trocadero owner Billy Wilkerson), Jean Harlow, William Powell, William Haines‘ lover Jimmy Shields (standing), Anderson Lawler, unidentified man (standing), Haines, Edith’s sister Marge (bottom) Jean Harlow in Hollywood – Introduction to Interview with Author Mark Vieira How did the [...]

One of MGM’s brightest stars of the 1930s, Jean Harlow died of uremic poisoning in 1937. At the time, the 26-year-old actress had been playing opposite Clark Gable in what turned out to be her last film, Saratoga. Perhaps because she died so young, Harlow has remained a well-known film personality from that era. Her MGM vehicles — Dinner at 8, Bombshell, China Seas, Wife [...]

William Powell, Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy in Jack Conway’s Libeled Lady Turner Classic Movies‘ Jean Harlow film series continues this evening with four of Harlow’s MGM vehicles — Bombshell, Personal Property, Reckless, and Libeled Lady — and one supporting appearance in Warner Bros.’ The Public Enemy. Harlow really doesn’t have much to do in The Public Enemy (1931). She looks about as out [...]

Jean Harlow, Chester Morris in Jack Conway’s Red-Headed Woman Jean Harlow, who died of complications from kidney disease at the age of 26 in 1937, would have turned 100 years old last March 3. In celebration of Harlow’s centenary, Turner Classic Movies is presenting a series of Harlow movies every Tuesday evening this month. The Jean Harlow series begins tonight, with a mix that includes [...]