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Bombshell

  • 1933
  • Passed
  • 1h 36m
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7.1/10
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Jean Harlow and Lee Tracy in Bombshell (1933)
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
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A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.

  • Director
    • Victor Fleming
  • Writers
    • John Lee Mahin
    • Jules Furthman
    • Caroline Francke
  • Stars
    • Jean Harlow
    • Lee Tracy
    • Frank Morgan
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    3.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Victor Fleming
    • Writers
      • John Lee Mahin
      • Jules Furthman
      • Caroline Francke
    • Stars
      • Jean Harlow
      • Lee Tracy
      • Frank Morgan
    • 67User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
    • 81Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Jean Harlow
    Jean Harlow
    • Lola Burns
    Lee Tracy
    Lee Tracy
    • E.J. 'Space' Hanlon
    Frank Morgan
    Frank Morgan
    • Pops Burns
    Franchot Tone
    Franchot Tone
    • Gifford Middleton
    Pat O'Brien
    Pat O'Brien
    • Jim Brogan
    Una Merkel
    Una Merkel
    • Mac
    Ted Healy
    Ted Healy
    • Junior Burns
    Ivan Lebedeff
    Ivan Lebedeff
    • Marquis Hugo di Binelli di Pisa
    Isabel Jewell
    Isabel Jewell
    • A Girl Friend
    • (as Isobel Jewell)
    Louise Beavers
    Louise Beavers
    • Loretta
    Leonard Carey
    Leonard Carey
    • Winters
    Mary Forbes
    Mary Forbes
    • Mrs. Middleton
    C. Aubrey Smith
    C. Aubrey Smith
    • Mr. Middleton
    June Brewster
    June Brewster
    • Alice Cole
    Tom Kennedy
    Tom Kennedy
    • Minor Role
    • (scenes deleted)
    Etta Moten
    • Singer
    • (scenes deleted)
    Gus Arnheim
    • Gus Arnheim - Coconut Grove Bandleader
    • (uncredited)
    Hooper Atchley
    Hooper Atchley
    • Car Salesman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Victor Fleming
    • Writers
      • John Lee Mahin
      • Jules Furthman
      • Caroline Francke
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      The film was unofficially a spoof on the life of Clara Bow, Holllywood's original "It Girl." The film's character Lola Burns mirrors Clara Bow, as Pops Burns does Robert Bow (her father), Mac does Daisy DeVoe (her secretary), Gifford Middleton does Rex Bell (her husband), and E. J. Hanlon does B.P. Schulberg (a producer at Paramount). Victor Fleming, the director, was Bow's fiancée in 1926.
    • Goofs
      A piece of debris can be seen at the top of the camera lens in several of the shots of Lola riding a horse in the desert. The debris appears and disappears from shot to shot.
    • Quotes

      Lola Burns: Hey, I didn't give you that for a negligee, it's an evening wrap!

      Loretta: I know, Miss Lola, but the negligee what you give me got all tore up, night before last.

      Lola Burns: Your day off is sure brutal on your lingerie.

    • Connections
      Edited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
    • Soundtracks
      Low Down Rhythm
      (uncredited)
      Music by Jesse Greer

    User reviews67

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    8/10

    Shining jazz comedy from one of America's best directors

    Jean Harlow shines as a movie sex starlet who's tired of all the negative publicity drummed up by her studio's publicist (Tracy) to promote her career. she wants to adopt a baby and play "respectable" roles, but society's mavens continually reject her (this "picture girl") and everything she tries to do for herself is thwarted by Tracy, who (more or less) secretly loves her. Very funny and well directed by Fleming, not slapstick as some claim, but more like Hawks/Sturges/Wilder style "screwball."
    • funkyfry
    • Oct 3, 2002
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    • Release date
      • October 13, 1933 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Blonde Bombshell
    • Filming locations
      • Tucson, Arizona, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • Budget
      • $344,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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