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Director:
Writers:
Harry Chandlee (story) and
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Release Date:
31 October 1931 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
She Was Gorgeous - He Was A Man . . . So, the other girl had to wait !
Plot:
A young woman from a very rich family impulsively marries a reporter, but each assumes the other is the one whose lifestyle must change. full summary | full synopsis
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Pitch of the Day: Mrs. Breadwinner
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A Genius - Robert Williams - the great loss more (36 total)

Cast

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Loretta Young ... Gallagher
Robert Williams ... Stew Smith

Jean Harlow ... Anne Schuyler
Halliwell Hobbes ... Smythe, The Butler
Reginald Owen ... Dexter Grayson
Edmund Breese ... Conroy, The Editor
Don Dillaway ... Michael Schuyler (as Donald Dillaway)
Walter Catlett ... Binji Baker
Claud Allister ... Dawson, The Valet
Louise Closser Hale ... Mrs. Schuyler
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Gallagher (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
90 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

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Robert Williams died of appendicitis just three days after the film's release. more
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Continuity: When Stew Smith is married, his colleagues make fun of him in the press room. At that moment his wife calls and he walks over to the phone with his pipe in his mouth. However, when he picks up the phone, the pipe disappears. more
Quotes:
Stew Smith: Say, I interviewed a swell guy the other day: Einstein. Yeh, swell guy. Little eccentric, but a swell - doesn't wear, doesn't wear any garters. Neither do I, as a matter of fact. more

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27 out of 29 people found the following review useful.
A Genius - Robert Williams - the great loss, 8 September 2004
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Author: ytbufflo from mountainair nm

Platinum Blonde launched so many careers - the most infamous being Frank Capra and Jean Harlow. It is not a perfect film by any stretch of the imagination. The sound is bad, Harlow is terribly miscast, and poor Loretta Young struggles valiantly to bring depth to a part that is the filmic equivalent of wallpaper. As many have said before me, she and Harlow would have done well to reverse roles.

But the greatest on screen portrayal of fresh, modern, naturalistic acting (a style that later would be attributed to James Dean) is from the wonderful, refreshingly brilliant young Robert Williams in 1931!!!!! I would never mark this film as a masterpiece, yet I would encourage all struggling male actors to study this man's work as a prime example of how to dominate a scene without any artifice or aggression. Every time he enters a room, the whole film lights up, and every time he leaves, all the other actors seem to lose their purpose and energy.

I have never seen such simple perfection, and I am saddened to no end to learn of his untimely death at thirty-four, just as he was starting to get roles worthy of his genius. I could not get enough of this man's work, and regret having so little of it to view. An absolute must see for Robert Williams alone!

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