The story of a platinum blonde who wouldn't go off the gold standard!
Leaving Missouri to find a wealthy husband in New York City, Eadie Chapman becomes a chorus girl and soon entertains at the lavish home of millionaire Frank Cousins. Cousins proposes to Eadie, only to then commit suicide due to bankruptcy. Fellow millionaire T. R. Paige defends Eadie when the police question her for having Cousins' jewelry -- but when she becomes enamored with his son, Tom, Paige declares Eadie a gold digger.
- 6.9
- 1934
- Released
- 1h 13m
Jean Harlow
Eadie
Lionel Barrymore
T.R. Paige
Franchot Tone
T.R. Paige, Jr.
Lewis Stone
Frank Cousins
Patsy Kelly
Kitty Lennihan
Alan Mowbray
Lord Douglas
Clara Blandick
Miss Newberry
Hale Hamilton
Charlie Turner
Henry Kolker
Senator Titcombe
Nat Pendleton
Life Guard
William 'Stage' Boyd
George - Eadie's Stepfather (uncredited)
Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Paige's Palm Springs Doorman (uncredited)
Lita Chevret
Miss Ulricks (uncredited)
Douglas Fowley
New Bellboy with Vase (uncredited)
Alice Lake
Paige's Manicurist (uncredited)
Released
en
- #millionaire
- #pre-code
- #gold digger
- #dressing room
- #chorus girl
- #changing room
- #dancing girls
- #want to get married
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After seeing this, my third film from the 7-DVD 'Jean Harlow 100th Anniversary Collection' from Warner Archives, I'm very tempted to say, without exaggerating, that perhaps she was the first 'modern' actress (though Barbara Stanwyck and Joan Crawford would also be in the running). Her speech was very fast by that era's standard, she displayed a huge range of emotion, was incredibly sexy and was gr