Jean Harlow

Born March 3, 1911, and gone June 7, 1937, at age 26, Elton John could have written "your candle burned out long before your legend ever did" for Jean Harlow. She remains a legend to this day and her performances, comedic, dramatic, naughty, or nice, are a joy to watch. There is so much written about her that I will not spend time reviewing her career, you can find information here and her images are all over the web.

I have always thought that some images of Jean didn't do her justice. Her facial structures were made overly harsh when using the dramatic and stark lighting popular at the time. However, when done right...

Because there are so many images available, I have tried to post ones that may be less well known. You may have seen some of them, but hopefully there will be a few that are new to viewers.

Click on the images for a larger view.

Screen Play magazine, February 1931

Picture Play magazine, February 1931

British postcard

Publicity photo

Movie Classic magazine, September 1932
This picture, as I see it, suffers from the lighting.


Photoplay magazine, August 1932 - Artist: Earl Christie


Movie Classic magazine, September 1932 - Artist: Marland Stone


Photoplay magazine, July 1933
More Photoplay 1933 duotone experiments

Publicity still.


German postcard

Publicity still for Dinner at Eight (1933)

Screen Play magazine, January 1934

Cigarette card from the 1935 Gallaher Film Partners series.

Reckless (1935) publicity still

Movie Classic, November 1935 - Artist: Charles Sheldon
Also in my cover post of April 2008, but worth posting again - love this image.

Publicity still

Jean Harlow - What do you think - Allure?