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Bombshell
Bombshell
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
rating
6.5
runtime
96 min

Release

1933-10-13

Cast

Jean Harlow
Jean Harlow
as Lola Burns
Lee Tracy
Lee Tracy
as E.J. 'Space' Hanlon
Frank Morgan
Frank Morgan
as Pops Burns
Franchot Tone
Franchot Tone
as Gifford Middleton
Pat O'Brien
Pat O'Brien
as Jim Brogan
Una Merkel
Una Merkel
as Mac
Ted Healy
Ted Healy
as Junior Burns
Ivan Lebedeff
Ivan Lebedeff
as Marquis Hugo di Binelli di Pisa
Isabel Jewell
Isabel Jewell
as Nellie, Junior's Girlfriend
Louise Beavers
Louise Beavers
as Loretta
Leonard Carey
Leonard Carey
as Winters
Mary Forbes
Mary Forbes
as Mrs. Middleton
C. Aubrey Smith
C. Aubrey Smith
as Mr. Middleton
June Brewster
June Brewster
as Alice Cole
Minerva Urecal
Minerva Urecal
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Dorothy DeBorba
Dorothy DeBorba
as Girl Getting Lola's Autograph at Table (uncredited)
Grace Hayle
Grace Hayle
as Mrs. Titcomb (uncredited)
Martha Sleeper
Martha Sleeper
as Lola's Hair Stylist (uncredited)
Gus Arnheim
Gus Arnheim
as Gus Arnheim - Coconut Grove Bandleader (uncredited)
Hooper Atchley
Hooper Atchley
as Car Salesman (uncredited)
Ed Brady
Ed Brady
as Photographer (uncredited)
Don Brodie
Don Brodie
as Photographer (uncredited)
James Burke
James Burke
as First Immigration Officer (uncredited)
Primo Carnera
Primo Carnera
as Primo Carnera - in the Opening Montage (uncredited)
Billy Dooley
Billy Dooley
as Man Claiming to Be Lola's Husband (uncredited)
Ben Erway
Ben Erway
as Reporter (uncredited)
Edward Gargan
Edward Gargan
as Second Immigration Officer (uncredited)
Harrison Greene
Harrison Greene
as Reporter (uncredited)
Ethel Griffies
Ethel Griffies
as Mrs. Ward - Orphanage Representative (uncredited)
Tenen Holtz
Tenen Holtz
as White - Lola's Agent (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Kenner G. Kemp
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Donald Kerr
as Monte - Lola's Makeup Man (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Wilbur Mack
as Van Randolph - Hugo's Lawyer (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Philo McCullough
as Reporter (uncredited)
Greta Meyer
Greta Meyer
as Lola's Masseuse (uncredited)
Miki Morita
Miki Morita
as Yokahama (uncredited)
Philip Morris
Philip Morris
as Studio Workman (uncredited)
Louis Natheaux
Louis Natheaux
as Car Salesman (uncredited)
William Newell
William Newell
as Lola's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Dennis O'Keefe
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Paul Power
Paul Power
as Cocoanut Grove Patron (uncredited)
Shirley Ross
Shirley Ross
as Singer (uncredited)
Leonard Sillman
Leonard Sillman
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
Dale Van Sickel
as Cocoanut Grove Patron (uncredited)
Morgan Wallace
Morgan Wallace
as H.E. Gillette (uncredited)
Kathrin Clare Ward
Kathrin Clare Ward
as Older Orphanage Nurse (uncredited)
Ruth Warren
Ruth Warren
as Miss Carroll from Photoplay Magazine (uncredited)
Allen Wood
Allen Wood
as Frankie (uncredited)
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This was so much fun to watch, as Harlow tries to have her cake and eat it too, in having both the fine career, adopt a baby, and have true love, which she's trying to discover amongst four very different suitors. Twists abound, and I greatly admire how unchanged she seemed to be (at least in her performance here) from her real self. She was definitely one of the best in this period of coming off that way. I simply wish she had made many more films, and hadn't died at such a young age. I definitely look forward to seeing the other six films in the 100th Anniversary Collection I found this in, from Warner Archives.