Platinum Blonde Movie Review 1931

Screwball comedy in which a newspaper journalist (Williams) marries a wealthy girl (Harlow) but finds that he doesn't like the restrictions and confinement of high society. Yearning for a creative outlet, he decides to write a play and hires a reporter (Young) to collaborate with him. The results are funny and surprising when Young shows up at the mansion flanked by a group of hard-drinking, fun-loving reporters.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS
Running time 86 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Screwball Comedy, Front Page, Marriage

Screenplay

Jo Swerling, Dorothy Howell

Cast

Loretta Young, Robert Williams, Jean Harlow, Louise Closser Hale

Director

Frank Capra

Producer

Harry Cohn