Platinum Blonde
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67% Critic Match

Platinum Blonde

She Was Gorgeous - He Was A Man . . . So, the other girl had to wait !

6.7 / 10 1931 1h 29mNR English
ComedyRomance

Storyline

Ann Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to her highfalutin ways. The husband chafes at the confinement of high society, though, and yearns for a creative outlet. He decides to write a play and collaborates with a fellow reporter.

Cast & Crew

Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow

Ann Schuyler

Lead
Robert Williams

Robert Williams

Stewart Smith

Loretta Young

Loretta Young

Gallagher

Halliwell Hobbes

Halliwell Hobbes

Smythe

Reginald Owen

Reginald Owen

Dexter Grayson

Louise Closser Hale

Louise Closser Hale

Mrs. Schuyler

Don Dillaway

Don Dillaway

Michael Schuyler

Edmund Breese

Edmund Breese

Conroy

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Frank Capra's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Platinum Blonde is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker