Platinum Blonde 4K 1931 Ultra HD 2160p

Story Movie

Anne Schuyler, an impulsive heiress from a very wealthy family, marries a humble newspaper reporter Stu Smith on a whim. This unexpected marriage upsets Stu's colleague Gallagher, a girl who has always helped Smith in his work and is now discouraged by his marriage.

One day she persuades her colleagues to visit the mansion where the newlyweds live. Journalists catch in the house bored Smith and to raise the mood, under the careful guidance of Gallagher organize a party.

However, in the midst of it appears angry Anne and orders everyone to "clear the room", Smith decides to leave the house of his wife with Gallagher, who is delighted with his decision, but what will do platinum blonde Anne to return the unruly husband....

Review 4K Movie

So, the wealthy Shyler family is in an uproar over the tender letters that have ended up in the hands of a dubious maiden. The mother of the family is outraged, her son (the hapless author) sluggishly justifies himself, daughter Ann sparkles with sarcasm and platinum hair color. Journalists take the family under siege, but only the cheeky and charming Stew Smith manages to interview the family at length against their will...

Anne Schuyler is intrigued - she has never met such men before (some of the characters' lines and the camera sliding over her gorgeous figure hint that she has met more than enough men).

And Stew Smith, despite his well-developed sense of self-preservation, is smitten with this gorgeous platinum blonde with a sharp tongue at first sight and first fight.

And two months after their acquaintance Ann gives her consent to marry him ...

This is where the torments of the former moneyless journalist, who is not even allowed to undress on his own, begin! Gradually, in order to stay with Ann, he compromises one principle after another - starting with socks and canaries. His best friend, the girl journalist Gallagher sees that he is unhappy in his marriage and wants to help him....

I think the main beauty of the picture is that it plays with the situation of the 'golden cage' and the man-in-the-trap, and this story could happen in any time from the beginning of mankind. Change the setting a bit, and it would be a modern movie; but the fact that it is the thirties only adds to the charm of the picture, from the prototype Tetris in the protagonist's hands, to the huge, cast-iron-looking telephones and sock suspenders.

Jean Harlow, with her doll face and gorgeous figure, perfectly coped with the role of a spoiled socialite who always gets what she wants - and having achieved, gradually loses interest.

Graceful, elegant Loretta Young tries to portray 'her brother journalist', and she almost succeeds, but Stew Smith, who almost the whole picture saw her only as a friend, still looks like an idiot:)

A nimble and charming journalist with a well-hung tongue is a fairly standard tipius, but Robert Williams played him quite convincingly; I immediately sympathized with the character. In addition, Stew Smith is not a cynical drunken bugger like most of his colleagues, he's a nice guy with principles, and at first he genuinely believes that Anne Schuyler will live with him, in an apartment for 20 dollars a week.

Of course, this is due in no small part to the screenwriters - Stew has had the best of the comedic dialog and monologues. And when he realizes what his marriage is turning into, in the game Williams appears real drama.

In addition to the main triangle. can not help but applaud the Englishman Halliwell Hobbs, who played the butler. An excellent comedic character of the second plan, this classic Barrymore, and over the scene when he shows bored Stu, how to properly 'hang around', I laughed heartily!

To summarize - this movie can still put most modern romcoms to bed. Not a masterpiece, but a cute and funny movie. Proved by joint viewing with my husband, who retro for retro's sake does not accept categorically.

By the way, the movie originally had a different name - “Gallagher” - but Howard Hughes, wanting to promote his new protégé, insisted that the name was changed. As a result, Harlow was nicknamed “Platinum Blonde”, and subsequently so began to call other blonde divas - for example, Marilyn Monroe, who was even going to star in a biopic about Harlow.