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Harlow is a american film of genre Drama directed by Gordon Douglas released in USA on 23 june 1965 with Carroll Baker
Harlow (1965)
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Add to a movie listHarlow is a 1965 American biographical film directed by Gordon Douglas about the life of film star Jean Harlow. It stars Carroll Baker in the title role, and Raf Vallone, Red Buttons, Angela Lansbury, Peter Lawford, Martin Balsam, and Leslie Nielsen in supporting roles. It was released by Paramount Pictures, shortly after another film with the same title and subject. Although the film failed commercially, it was successful in launching the hit song, "Girl Talk" by Neal Hefti.
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The film opens with Harlow as a struggling extra and bit actress dealing with her greedy stepfather Marino (Raf Vallone) and oblivious mother "Mama Jean" (Angela Lansbury, only six years older than Carroll Baker). With the help of Arthur Landau (Red Buttons), she rises to fame and gains the unwanted attention of the Howard Hughes-inspired Richard Manley (Leslie Nielsen). She then marries Paul Bern (Peter Lawford), an absentee husband who kills himself some time after the marriage. His death, combined with the stress of her career leads Harlow on an odyssey of failed relationships and alcoholism, culminating in her death of kidney failure at the age of twenty-six.Actors
Carroll Baker
(Jean Harlow)
Carol Lynley
(Jean Harlow)
Red Buttons
(Arthur Landau)
Efrem Zimbalist II
(William Mansfield)
Raf Vallone
(Marino Bello)
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