Loretta Young!
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FranLovesBetteD — 14 years ago(March 19, 2012 04:29 AM)
While I'm a huge fan of both Young and Harlow, I never thought of the latter as a great beauty. Sure, she was cute, pretty and immensely charming, especially while playing tough girls with heart of gold in those great '30s comedies; but Loretta Young was certainly a vision of beauty. Her face was just exquisite and her beauty classy and angelic.
Unlike many previous posters, I don't think they were miscast, as in the end is the gorgeous and sensible Loretta who -with all justice- gets the guy.
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ABetterDay — 13 years ago(January 02, 2013 06:22 PM)
I agree. Young steals this film and deservedly so. If you get a chance, see her in the silent film "Laugh Clown, Laugh." Simply gorgeous.
And yes, as many others have said, this film may be the best example in history of where 2 actors should have switched roles. Harlow and Young were miscast as used but would have been perfect in the other's role.
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s007davis — 12 years ago(September 24, 2013 08:57 PM)
With certainly no offense meant to Jean Harlow, who's a beautiful woman, but Loretta Young is simply radiant in this film! Each scene she's in just resonates with her stunning beauty! I was completely taken with her the first time she came on screen.
Me too. While Miss Harlow was good too, it was obvious for me from the beginning that Loretta Young is the true beauty of the film. Especially when she appears at the swanky society party in her stunning white dress making Williams begin to notice her. Maybe 1931 film goers thought Harlow stole the picture from Young but for me seeing it later it's the opposite case. Perhaps they should've stuck with the original title
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bruno-32 — 11 years ago(May 06, 2014 05:27 PM)
Harlow was billed in third place so technically she was not suppose to be the star of this movie. Harlow did not hit her stride until a couple of years later. Personally, I was a fan of Harlow because I had only seen her in 2 films and in those films she was not the brassy type..the movies were "Suzie" and her last film "Saratoga". She was the redhead that she was born to be.in those films..when they made her a plantinum blond, she turned out to be the caricature of herself. Also, in this movie she seemed like she was putting on weightnot the svelte type she turned out to be. Hard to believe this movie was done by Caprait was obvious the 2 female rolls should have been swappedthen again, maybe that was his idea of going against the norm. it turned out that MGM was set to put Harlow in those "Masie" movies which in turn went to Ann Sothernand all of those were mainly 'the second feature' in those days when the movies showed 2 ..main and a "B" movie, cartoon, news of the day, coming attractions and for the kiddies on a saturday morning..the serial movies"Flash Gordon"LOL
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PoppyTransfusion — 11 years ago(July 06, 2014 03:13 PM)
Well the camera was soft focus whenever it fell upon Loretta Young, emphasising a vulnerability and etherealness. I don't think Young was the more beautiful of the two though. Harlow had amazing lips and a dimple on her chin. She looked very beautiful in this.
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jpulid2 — 11 years ago(September 26, 2014 10:43 AM)
I agree Loretta was incredibly beautiful in this film. I don't think there was anyone in that time or since that had the kind of facial beauty that Loretta had in that era. Jean Harlow in comparison was not even attractive in my opinion.
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cyninbend-149-610489 — 10 years ago(March 03, 2016 07:25 AM)
She was stunning here! Radiant is a great word for it. Harlow had charisma, sex appeal, star quality, etc, but she was not beautiful in the perfect way Loretta Young was. Harlow's nose if big, he chin pinched, and her bone structure nothing to write home about. It goes to show that these qualities that carry movies and make an actor world famous are not the same as classic beauty and perfection I can't take my eyes off Jean Harlow in any scene, but Loretta Young glowed with real beauty. And she received top billing here, even tho her screen time seemed very short.
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carrieandxtina — 10 years ago(March 04, 2016 08:57 PM)
While I'm a huge fan of both Young and Harlow, I never thought of the latter as a great beauty. Sure, she was cute, pretty and immensely charming, especially while playing tough girls with heart of gold in those great '30s comedies; but Loretta Young was certainly a vision of beauty. Her face was just exquisite and her beauty classy and angelic.
Unlike many previous posters, I don't think they were miscast, as in the end is the gorgeous and sensible Loretta who -with all justice- gets the guy.
I agree with this completely. I like both ladies and they bring their unique charm to this movie. Loretta Young is talented actress and very gorgeous women. I liked that she got him in the end as well