Production Year: 1931 - Comedy - Director: Frank Capra - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Jean Harlow, Loretta Young more
Platinum Blonde
In the film that began her legendary career, Jean Harlow stars in this romantic comedy ... more
directed by Academy Award winner Frank Capra (Best Director: It Happened One Night, 1935; Mr. Deed Goes To Town, 1937; You Can't Take It With You, 1939). Written to showcase her talent, looks and charm, PLATINUM BLONDE is a glorious spoof of the newspaper business in New York City during the Depression; Ann Schuyler (Harlow), a wealthy socialite, meets reporter Stew Smith (Robert Williams) and the two fall madly in love.The comedy begins as she tries to transform him from a ruffian newsman into a convincing gentleman. Stew, who is quick with wisecracks, is slow to realise the dangers of being a kept man. At first, he likes the idle life of the rich, but there's trouble in paradise. Soon this Cinderella Man turns the social register upside down with his mocking repartee.To his rescue is Gallagher (Loretta Young), a sympathetic friend and co-worker at the newspaper. She comforts and consoles Stew and, in classic Capra style, helps him right into Harlow's own arms.
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Production Year: 1956 - Comedy - Director: Joshua Logan - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Betty Field, Hope Lange, Eileen Heckart, Arthur O'Connell, Casey Adams, Hans Conried, Robert Bray
Comedy - Director: Richard Boden, Mandie Fletcher, Martin Shardlow - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Rowan Atkinson
Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Advantages: Interesting story Disadvantages: Not always in chronological order
...OK so I'll let you all into a little secret - Debbie Harry was my very first childhood crush. Parallel Lines was the first album that I ever purchased with my pocket money and I still have a vivid memory of Blondie's front woman parading around a stage on Top of the Pops wearing a ripped plastic bin liner and not a lot else. Oh those were the days of my twisted, adolescent fantasies?..
When I recently stumbled across a biography on the pop icon that is Debbie Harry in a charity shop it was inevitable that I was going to part with my 50p, if only to try and recapture some of my childhood dreams and besides I had four plane journeys in a week ahead of me so I needed plenty of reading material.
PlatinumBlonde is the title of a portrait of Debbie Harry written by Cathay Che. It was written with Harry's full co-operation and when...
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Advantages: Sexy, Intellegent, Fun Disadvantages: Bad Direction
...At first we see a couple having rough passionate sex. The female slowly takes a white, silk scarf and ties her lover to the bed, as they both meet a climax; she grabs an ice pick and brutally stabs him twelve times?.
Detective Nick Curran is a cop on the edge. Years ago he was part of a local blood bath which resulted in two tourists being shot dead. Now he is plagued by alcohol and drug addiction and is on the brink of losing his job. He is the man who has to find the killer, and all the clues are pointing one way, Catherine Tramell, the murder victim?s long time girlfriend, whom he was seen leaving a club with on the night of his death.
Catherine is a sexy blonde vixen, with a degree in psychology and two successful novels under her belt. You see all her stories are about death and all her fictional murders have a nasty habit...
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Advantages: Funny and quite enjoyable and LUKE WILSON... Disadvantages: Matthew Davis not so good
...or is it someone else???
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The film is rated a 12 as there is some language in the film, it runs for an hour and half and the film can be watched with subtitles. I got this film in Woolworths for £3 in there sale, which was pretty good I think. I'm sure you can still get it for around that price too? The film was actually nominated for 2 Golden globes, 9 other nominations and won 6 awards?Go Legally Blonde Team!!
Special Features on the DVD
Audio Commentary with Director Robert Luketic, Reese Witherspoons and Producer Marc Platt
Deleted Scenes
Featurette : The Hair That Ate Hollywood
Music Video to "Perfect Day" by Hoku
Legally Blonde soundtrack Advertising spot
Trivia track
Trailer
Would I Recommend??
Indeed I would, it is a fab film and I think Reese Witherspoon is really good in this...
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