Jane Harlow’s main experiences

Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow (March 3, 1911 - June 7, 1937), whose real name was Harlian Harlow Capone Harlean Harlow Carpenter, born in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, is an American film actress.

In 1928, she starred in her first film, "Moran Marines." In 1930, she starred in "Hell's Angels" as the heroine, making her the most famous sexy actress at that time. In 1931, he starred in 8 movies including "Enemy of the Nation" and "City Lights". In 1932, she starred with Clark Gable in the film "Red Dust," an exotic film that brought a strong box office response. In 1933, she tried to star in the comedy film "The Dinner Party" for the first time, and in the same year she starred in the movie "Sexy Beauty".

On June 7, 1937, Jean Harlow died of cholecystitis in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 26.

Chinese name: Jean Harlow

Foreign name: Jean Harlow

Alias: Harlean HarlowCarpenter

Nationality: United States

< p>Nationality: American

Constellation: Pisces

Blood type: Type O

Height: 156cm

Weight: 45kg

Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Date of birth: March 3, 1911

Date of death: June 7, 1937

Occupation: Actor

Agency: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Representative works: Hell's Angels, Red Dust, City Lights, The Dinner Party

Nickname: Bbayjean

Early life

On March 3, 1911, Jean Harlow was born in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. She was the only daughter in her family. His father is a dentist and his mother is the daughter of a wealthy real estate agent. In 1908, Jane Harlow's parents got married. It was an arranged marriage, so Jane's parents lived an unhappy life. In order to make up for the emptiness in her love life, Jane's mother was very protective and doting on Jane, never saying "no" to Jane, and trained her to be a movie star since she was a child. In 1922, Jane's parents finally broke up and divorced, and she was placed under the custody of her mother. Her mother refused to allow Jane to see her father. After that, she rarely saw her father again (although Jane would sometimes meet her father secretly), and her mother took her to seek refuge with her. Grandpa, grandpa is a Christian Scientist, domineering and conservative. Jane's mother subsequently remarried and moved to Chicago.

In 1923, Jane's mother took Jane to Hollywood. She hoped to become an actress. However, Jane's mother was already 34 years old at the time and was too old to act. Therefore, Jane's mother Place your hopes on your daughter. Jane was subsequently sent to the Hollywood Women's College by her mother, where she met Douglas Fairbanks, Joel McCrea, Eileen Selznick Meyer and others. In 1925, Jane dropped out of school because her mother could not afford the tuition. Soon her mother sent her to a summer camp in Michigamme, Michigan, but Jane unfortunately contracted scarlet fever. Soon Jane's mother came to the summer camp to take Jane back to live with her grandfather and stepfather. The scarlet fever she contracted in her early years also became an important reason for her untimely death (health problems plagued Jane's entire childhood. At the age of 5, she contracted the disease Meningitis and scarlet fever until age 15). Jane and her mother then returned to Chicago, where Jane completed high school at a middle school called Ferry Hall School (American Forest High School). Because Jane's mother remarried, Jane's grandfather felt that he had lost all face, so he paid for Jane's mother and Jane's stepfather to take Jane away, and Jane and her family came to Los Angeles.

Acting experience

In 1930, 19-year-old Jean Harlow worked as an extra on the set to support her family, and starred in "Hell's Angels" invested by Howard Hughes (the film The filming took a long time, and there were financial difficulties in the later period. Because the original heroine had an accent problem, Hughes found Jane to play the heroine). The screenwriter couldn't help but marveled at Jane Harlow's figure. After the persuasion of others, Hughes decided to cast This new person. In 1930, "Hell's Angels" caused a sensation in the film industry after its release, and Jean Harlow rose from obscurity to fame and became the sexiest actress at the time. The success of "Hell's Angels" led to Jane's entry into MGM. After that, her career entered a golden age.

In 1931, while Jane was busy filming the movie "Red Dust", Jane's second husband Bourne shot himself. Bourne's death made Jane's life somewhat out of control. At this time her career began to decline (some say it was Jane who refused the unspoken rules of MGM boss Louis Meyer), and her stepfather became her agent and began squandering her money. After that, Jane found someone to plot against her stepfather and drove him away, but her mother became a believer in Christian Science again.

In 1932, she collaborated with Clark Gable in "Red Dust". In 1932, Gable was the owner of the plantation and Jean Harlow was a prostitute who escaped from Saigon.

The role of prostitute was originally chosen to be Greta Garbo, but because the revised script raised the requirements for the character's sexiness and aggression, it was Jean Harlow who was chosen. This erotic film full of exotic locales brought a strong box office response.

The 1933 "The Dinner Party" was Jane's best performance in a comedy. In the same year, she starred in the movie "Sexy Beauty", which tells the story of the betrayal of relatives after a Hollywood star becomes famous. The greed of the production company, the pursuit of the media, and the scandals brought her endless troubles and anguish. This is almost a replica of the life of Clara Bow, on whom this film is said to be based.

In 1935, Jane legally changed her name: Jane Harlow, taking her mother's surname.

Due to cholecystitis caused by uremia and renal failure, Jane collapsed on the set of "Saratoga". In the last photo, she was holding a copy of "Gone with the Wind". She was already hospitalized at that time. , vowed to finish reading the book within a month, but the bookmark was always inserted on the fifth page.

Personal life

In 1927, 16-year-old Jane had a big fight with her stepfather, and then ran away from home and met her first husband, Charles McGrew. Gru was 3 years older than her, and soon the two got married and moved to Beverly Hills in Hollywood. However, this marriage was not recognized by the family, and life away from the family was not as free as imagined.

In 1929, because Jane went to Los Angeles, Jane's husband did not go, but stayed in Chicago. The two divorced, and Jane returned home and moved to Los Angeles with her mother and stepfather.

On the eve of the release of "Hell's Angels", Jane met Paul Bern, the president of MGM. The two established a deep friendship and soon they started dating. In June 1932, Jane and Bourne became engaged. On July 2, 1932, 21-year-old Jane married Bourne, who was 22 years older than Jane. But the two are not happy. Bourne is impotent, and Bourne hopes Jane can cure him. A few hours after the marriage, Bourne committed domestic violence against Jane. Jane was so hysterical that she collapsed and called her agent Lando. Lando rushed to Jane's residence and found signs of abuse on Jane. Two months later, on September 5, 1932, Paul Byrne committed suicide due to emotional and mental problems. He was only 43 years old. Three days later, the body of Bourne's lover was found. It was concluded that he died of a dispute with his lover. Jane instantly became an uninformed victim. MGM also reshot some of her scenes in "Red Dust", especially The bust line of the skirt was raised to prove her status as a good woman.

But some people also revealed that everything was a marketing ploy by Louis Meyer (MGM boss) to make Jane controversial and then win sympathy for her. Some even said that they were the first to discover Paul. Meyer was the one who committed suicide by Bourne. He was the first to commit suicide, but he stood by and watched. He had already planned the next few steps.

The death of her husband brought a great blow to Jane, and Jane's life began to get out of control. First of all, Bourne left a considerable amount of debt; secondly, Jane hoped to find a lover to fill the emptiness in her heart. She tried to find a lover to fill the emptiness in her heart. She is looking for a man, but is afraid of being recognized and blackmailed; she also hopes to find a man to get pregnant and give birth to a child she claims is her husband Bourne's, so that she can enjoy a real family life.

In 1933, Jane proposed to cinematographer Harold Rosson (Harold Rosson), who was 16 years older than Jane. The two had previously collaborated on "The Red-Haired Bad Girl", "The Dinner Party", Movies such as "Watch Your Man" and "Red Dust" established a deep friendship. On September 17, 1933, the two were married in Yuma, Arizona. However, the relationship between the two was not good after marriage and they often quarreled. Jane accused her husband of being "rude, depressed, disrespectful and irritable", and the two divorced in March 1935.

The misfortune of her marriage led Jane Harlow to start drinking and having fun, but Jane refused to seek medical treatment. In addition, Jane's frequent use of hair dye for many years caused serious problems in Jane's health.

In January 1937, Jane Harlow, Robert Taylor and others went to Washington to conduct a fund-raising event for President Roosevelt's birthday. During this period, Jane contracted the flu, but recovered soon and participated in the first meeting in time. 9th Academy Awards Ceremony.

Jane will star in the last movie of her life, "Saratoga," with Clark Gable as the leading actor. The film was originally scheduled to start filming in March, but Jane had to have her wisdom teeth removed. He contracted sepsis and had to be hospitalized, so the film was delayed.

After Jane recovered, the film started filming on April 22. On May 20, 1937, during the filming of "Saratoga", Jane developed symptoms such as headache, fatigue, nausea, and abdominal pain. Complaints began, but the situation was not serious, so the crew did not take it seriously. Jane had previously had the flu and suffered severe sunburn. Only Jane's friend Myrna Loy noticed that Jane was very tired and in poor health. On May 29, Jane called her boyfriend William Powell during the filming and said that she was seriously ill. William Powell had to drive Jane back home (Jane was already in love and engaged to William Powell at the time).

On June 2, William Powell examined Jane and confirmed that Jane was suffering from influenza. However, the doctor diagnosed Jane as having cholecystitis. Another doctor believed that Jane was not suffering from cholecystitis but kidney disease. Functional failure.

On the evening of June 6, Jane was sent to Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles for emergency treatment. Jane was already in a coma. But there is no way to save the day.

At 11:37 a.m. on June 7, Jane died in the hospital due to ineffective rescue efforts. She was only 26 years old. In a press release from the hospital, the cause of Jean's death was complications from cerebral edema and renal failure.

The news of Jane's death spread rapidly in Hollywood. Spencer Tracy wrote in his diary "Jane Harlow died today", and MGM closed for a day in memory of Jane. . At that time, Jane was already in love with actor William Powell and was engaged. However, because Jane wanted a child and Powell refused, she was unable to get married. Despite this, Powell still spent $25,000 to deal with Jane's funeral. He also built another tomb next to Jane's tomb, hoping that he could be buried with Jane after his death. However, this tomb has never been used. Powell also prepared a tomb for Jane's mother. Jane's mother passed away in 1958 and was buried. Here, Powell later remarried in 1940. In 1984, Powell was cremated after his death and his ashes were buried by his son in Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California.

After that, some rumors began to spread, believing that Jane's mother refused to seek medical help, which delayed Jane's treatment opportunities, because Jane's mother was a superstitious Christian Scientist, and Jane herself refused Hospitalization and surgery.

Since then, there have been many rumors that Jane died of alcohol poisoning, dieting, platinum poisoning, heatstroke, abortion and sexually transmitted diseases. However, according to medical reports and hospital records and the testimony of friends, it is proved that Jane died. for kidney diseases.

After Jane died, she was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery (Lawn Memorial Park). The inscription on the tombstone was "Our Baby."

Starring in movies

Saratoga-1937-07-23, playing Carol Clayton

Private Property-1937-03-19, playing Crystal Wetherby

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Fake it for real-1936-10-09, as Gladys Benton

None-1936-07-20, as Suzanne "Suzy" Trent

None-1936- 02-28, as Helen 'Whitey' Wilson

None-1936-01-03, as Harriet "Hattie", "Hat" Tuttle

China Sea-1935-08-16 , as Dolly 'China Doll' Portland

None-1935-04-19, as Mona Leslie

None-1934-08-03, as Edith 'Eadie' Chapman

< p>None-1933-10-13, as Lola Burns

None-1933-08-29, as Kitty Packard

None-1933-07-07, as Ruby Adams

Red Dust-1932-10-22, as Vantine Jefferson

None-1932-06-25, as Andrews Legendre

None-1932-02-13, as Daisy Stevens, Mildred Beaumont< /p>

None-1932-02-09, as Cassie Barnes

None-1931-12-12, as Jeannie-Weenie

None-1931-10-31, Playing AnneSchuyler

Guerdi-1931-06-28, playing Goldie

None-1931-04-30, playing RoseMason

None-1931-04 -23, as Gwen Allen

Six Secrets-1931-04-18, as Anne Courtland

City Lights-1931-01-30, as Extra

Hell's Angels-1930-11-15, as Helen

New York Nights-1929-12-28, as,

None-1929-12-23, directed by Paul L. Stan

The Legend of Xuan Palace-1929-11-19, director,

None-1929-10-25, playing Hazel

None-1929-05- 18. Playing swankyblonde

Affinity-1929-04-13, director,

None-1929-02-28, director Corian Moore,

None -1928-10-13, director Frank R. Strayer

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Book works

In 1933, Harlow wrote a novel "Today is "Today is Tonight" (Tonight), she completed this novel between 1933 and 1934, but the novel was not published until many years after Harlow's death, when the book was released in paperback in 1965. After Harlow's death, the copyright of the book It was once sold to MGM, but MGM did not adapt the novel into a movie. The copyright of "Tonight is Tonight" was later obtained by a family friend of Jane, and it was finally published in 1965.

Memorial for posterity

In 1965, Jean Harlow's deeds were adapted into a movie. This year, two movies were released, one was produced by Paramount Pictures, Directed by Gordon Douglas, starring Carol Baker as Jean Harlow, it was released on June 23, 1965.

The other one was directed by Alex Segal and starred Carol Lynley as Jean Harlow. It was released on May 14, 1965, but Both films were not very successful and did poorly at the box office.

In August 1993, Sharon Stone hosted a documentary about Harlow, "Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell," which aired on Turner Classic Movies.

In 2004, Gwen Stefani played the role of Jean Harlow in the movie "The Aviator".

The design inspiration for Catwoman in "Batman Returns" and "The Dark Knight Rises" came partly from Jean Harlow.

The famous American sexy actress Marilyn Monroe also regarded Jean Harlow as her idol.

In 1997, Jane was named the 22nd "Greatest Actress of the Century".

Others’ comments

"Harlowwasnotfrightenedofthecamera;shereactedtoit,andinsomestrangeway,Iwasthethirdparty-THEYweretheconspirators."

--George Hurrell (MGMchiefphotographer)

"Ha Lou was not afraid of the camera, and her reaction to it... was so strange that even I was the third party and they were complicit." - George Hurrell (chief cinematographer, MGM)

"In the first sitting Ifellin love with Jean Harlow. She had the most beautiful and seductive body I ever photographed."

--Charles SinclairBull (portraitphotographer)

"I fell in love with Jean Harlow at the first meeting. She had everything I had ever photographed. The most alluring, most beautiful body" - Charles Schink (Body Videographer)

"Asquareshooterifthereeverwasone."

--Spencer Tracy

" A square shooter, if there ever was one" - Spencer Tracy >"She has been so easy and enjoyable to watch for so long that her excess of value comes from the movies, and surely she needs some gift."—Richard Watts from the New York Herald Tribune

"Shedidn 'twanttobefamous.Shewantedtobehappy."

--Clark Gable

"She didn't want to be famous. She wanted to be happy." - Clark Gable

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While filming "Red Dust", Jean Harlow, who was always jumping up and down, gave Clark Gable a stimulant. After that, the two became close comrades (they collaborated five times in total) and confidante. , everyone called Jane "baby" and only Gable called her "girl."

Jane spends every Sunday dyeing her hair. Her signature light silver-gray hair is maintained by dyeing it all the year round. The hair dye mixed with hydrogen peroxide, ammonia and sodium hypoxite is prepared by herself. of. The consequences of this hair dye were that the process was painful and extremely damaging to the hair, so much so that she later had to wear a wig, and her untimely death was speculated to be related to this.

Even during filming, she refused to wear a bra or panties and liked to sleep naked. Although she is charming on the screen, she always wears baggy sweaters in life and calls her nightgown "a pile of messy cloth".

She wears a "lucky anklet" on her left ankle. There is a "lucky mirror" in the dressing room, and she always takes a picture before starting the photo shoot.

Jane’s favorite cosmetics brand is Max Factor.

Jen lived for a time at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, Los Angeles.

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Character evaluation

Before her, sexy goddesses were always reserved for dark-haired beauties. She showed off herself with her blond hair. Sexy, from then on the term blonde stunner began to appear. She was like a combination of Clara Bow and Mary Pickford, sexy and rebellious yet innocent and cute. (Jingchu Net Review)

The image of Jane Harlow as a blonde beauty is of great significance to film history. Most of the sexy beauties in Hollywood before her were dark-haired beauties, such as the famous Silent Film Period actress Stars Louise Brooks, Paola Nigri. After reading this, I have to say that wine ages, and the older the little black dress is, the more flavorful it is. Paired with beauty superstar Jean Harlow, you won’t be able to find words other than “invincible” and “stunning.” Any words of praise can be used to describe it. (NetEase Entertainment Review)

Jen Harlow is the first blonde beauty in American film and television. Since then, blonde beauty has become a symbol of Hollywood.

(Youxia Online Review)