Bombshell (1933)
Sexpot film star Lola Burns seeks a new image and tries marrying a marquis, adopting a baby -- all sorts of schemes which go awry. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Victor Fleming
Written By: Jules Furthman, John Lee Mahin, Caroline Francke, Mack Crane
Starring: Louise Beavers, Pat O'Brien, C. Aubrey Smith, Una Merkel, Frank Morgan, Franchot Tone, Ted Healy, Lee Tracy, Jean Harlow, Ivan Lebedeff, Mary Forbes
AKA: Blonde Bombshell
Country: USA
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Bombshell belongs to 4 collections
1. Jonathan Rosenbaum's Top 1000 Movies (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 38 stars)
2. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (collaborative: moderated by Cinephile - 19 stars)
3. Pre-Code (collaborative: moderated by edsu - 7 stars)
4. Warner Archive Collection (collaborative: moderated by allegreller)
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| Jun 18, 2019 |  |
Darren | 50 21st |
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The operation ivy song is better
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| Apr 19, 2019 |  |
Mentaculus | 69 50th |
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A (pre?)screwball of bitches, assholes, and douchebags making a killing at movies by stabbing everyone else in the back. The similarities to present-day celebrity culture are scary. What makes it surprisingly important is how Harlow's Lola may seem like a flighty bimbo dimwit, but she's never given a moment's peace, so of course can never know herself: the film is her constant search for identity forever obstructed by the conniving men in her life. I suppose 1930's feminism had to be subversive.
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| Aug 04, 2018 |  |
fenixdown | 70 36th |
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Her career should have been much brighter.
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| Sep 17, 2013 |  |
PeaceAnarchy | 81 64th |
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Harlow is great, she really keeps the film together even when some of the other parts don't work.
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| Feb 07, 2013 | PUNQ | 80 99th |
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A frustrating satire on Hollywood and movie star life! And I mean that is a positive way. It's so filled with obnoxious people all over. Everyone is a selfish son of a bitch and it's hilarious. Not so much in a 'Ha-ha' kind of way, but it's funny in a honest and exaggerated way. Bombshell is a crowning performance for Jean Harlow as she has to be louder then every loud person in Hollywood to shine through and she does it! Not everyone will love Bombshell, but I felt it was a touch of genius.
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| Mar 06, 2010 |  |
jeff_v | 60 22nd |
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Jean Harlow heads an unappealing cast of ham actors in this so-so comedy. I suppose it makes a point about the manufacture of publicity and the star machine, but it's not as sharp as the classics of the genre.
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| Nov 07, 2008 | slobone | 100 98th |
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Overlooked Jean Harlow comedy is actually her funniest. A day in the life of an over-extended but good-hearted diva who yearns for the simple life -- but not really.
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
Dally | 95 95th |
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Uproarious self-send up from Harlow, who is unfortunately underrated as a comedienne. Excellent film the skews studio-era Hollywood!
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| Average Percentile 57.32% from 87 Ratings |  |