Boy, do I agree with you, Howlin' Wolf! Young was stunningly beautiful while Harlow had a cheap look, her nose too large, her face chubby and pinched. She had charisma and was fascinating, but was not a classic beauty. Her eyes were pretty, but look closely and her eyelids barely showed because the upper lid was so puffy. The studio took surgical of their charge and afterward, her eyelids showed, but her eyebrows were forever gone. Jean Harlow was specialwhich is better than simple perfection when it comes to a career in show biz. But she was not as pretty as others.

I thought Loretta Young outshone Harlow here, if I'm honest
"Your mother puts license plates in your underwear? How do you sit?!"

But even if the brunettes are 'plainer', in most cases, at least this one, they're nicer, more substantial people.

I agree that it is not only strange, but also to a large extent lame and unrealistic. There is no way she would be passed over for these plainer brunettes in real life time after time, that's a no go.