Platinum Blonde (1931)

As the presumptive titled character, I really thought that Jean Harlow would be the focus in this film. Instead we have Robert Williams as a rough reporter who is swept away and falls in love with socialite Jean, who wants nothing more but to smooth down his rough edges. I enjoyed Williams’s acting and was sad to discover that this is his last film; he died right after the film’s premiere. Loretta Young was so beautiful in the 30s that I had a hard time suspending belief that her friend wouldn’t have run away with her long before ever meeting Harlow’s character.