Platinum Blonde 4K 1931

1931. Hitchcock was still just an ordinary fat and ridiculous uncle, and Marilyn Monroe was only 5 years old. Instead of Monroe, the sex symbol of the movie screen was Jean Harlow - a girl of small stature, with unusual looks and almost white hair. She had the nickname 'platinum blonde', which was subsequently carried by all actresses with bright yellow, almost white hair color. We can say that she laid the beginning of a new style in women's appearance, made a kind of sexual revolution. And that's a fact.

The movie 'Platinum Blonde' brought huge fame to Jean and became a classic comedy. Personally, I watched the whole movie with an involuntary smile on my face, and in some moments I even broke through laughing. Can you imagine if it is funny to me now, what it would have been like back in the 30s? I feel like I would have died right there in the movie theater from laughing.

The plot is pretty simple: a girl, from a very rich and educated family, Anne Schuyler (Jean Harlow) meets an annoying and poor journalist, who can even be called a worm - Stu. At first they don't get along, but then a little spark of love appears in their eyes - and now they already want to get married. But Stu is not used to socializing with high society, and Ann, on the contrary, with such low society. This is where their disagreements begin, which later lead to not very good developments.

For me it was the first movie with Jean Harlow. Judging by this picture - Jean is a great and sexy (for the 30s of course) actress, who became a sex symbol for a reason. You can see how her looks are significantly different from all the other girls. In the movie there is also another beauty - Loretta Young, who is not a bit behind Jean in beauty and in acting ability. The opposite sex embodied Robert Williams, who played a nasty journalist. The cast of actors is simply gorgeous. You watch movies from the 30s and realize that back then actors needed a lot more skill and ability to play a role, not like now. Too bad.

The movie is very good - funny and entertaining. Not dragged out, with shallow humor and with wonderful actors. This movie is worth watching if only to familiarize yourself with Hollywood.