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Platinum Blonde (1931)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:5
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.2/10
Runtime: 89 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Stew, a crusty newspaper reporter, saves the wealthy Schuyler clan from blackmail, and subsequently marries the heiress to the family fortune. He moves into the estate, but starts feeling... Stew, a crusty newspaper reporter, saves the wealthy Schuyler clan from blackmail, and subsequently marries the heiress to the family fortune. He moves into the estate, but starts feeling out-of-place surrounded by maids and butlers. And when Stew's friends from the paper start referring to him as "the Cinderella man," it's time for him to think about whether his marriage was the best move, after all... [More]
Starring: Jean Harlow, Loretta Young, Robert Williams, Louise Closser Hale
Starring: Jean Harlow, Loretta Young, Robert Williams, Louise Closser Hale, Donald Dillaway, Reginald Owen, Walter Catlett, Edmund Breese, Halliwell Hobbes, Claud Allister
Director: Frank Capra
Director: Frank Capra
Producer: Harry Cohn
Reviews for Platinum Blonde
Still, with all its usual Capra faults, it holds up as a slightly above average breezy newspaper comedy.
Early Capra screwball comedy appealing to Depression audiences both as escapist entertainment and as satire of the idle rich and celebration of the hardworking poor.
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