Harlow (Paramount Pictures) (1965)

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It began with the fabulous transAtlantic voyage of the luxury liner, when Carroll Baker, the screen’s hbeautitul sex symbol of the Sixties, who is Jean Harlow in the picture, accompanied by Levine, a staff of makeup technicians and an international group of press. radio and TV correspondents to record and report the event, underwent het muraculous five day transformation. She had hearded the ship as today’s glamorous. exciting film star, and she landed in’ Great Britain looking, acting. talking and ceptivating the world as an almost flawless reincarnation of the Jlegendary platinum blonde bombshell, “Harlow.” the screen’s explosive sex symbol of the Thirties. The resulting avalanche of enpublicity which greeted Miss Baker's seem thustastic praise and ingly magical transformation from “love goddess” of the day to “siren” of another decade, convinced producer Levine that he had made the right choice in selecting Miss Baker for the tithe role in his multi-million dollar production of “Harlow.” Highly controversial and at times sensational the Harlow Jegend has endured for more than thirty years. The Jean Harlow saga remained one of Hollywood’s most incendiary topics until Levine began his penetrating research into her public and private life. As Levine’s lavishly mounted production of “Harlow” recreates her absorbing story, the fabulous platinum blonde was a vivid, magnetic and controversial beauty who shook tke entertainment world to its foundation. The film also recaptures the grandeur of Hollywood in the 30’s with its colorful and dazzling costumes and settings. \n international cast of top screen artists co-star with Miss Baker in Producer Levine's “Harlow.” Acad emy Award-winner Red Buttons plays Harlow’s agent, Arthur Landeau, also a subject of controversy now. Rat Vallone, current remantic idol of the Eurepean screen, makes his Hollywood debut as Harlow’s debonair stepfather. Peter Lawford and Martin Balsam appear as film executives, while \ngela Lansbury enacts the role of Harlow’s mother, and Michael Connors is Harlow’s co-star. Noted Hollywood cinematician Gordon Douglas directed “Harlow” from the sereenplay by John Michael Hayes. 48 Years In Films Veteran cameraman and winner ol four Aeademy Awards for his top cinematography, Joseph Ruttenberg celebrated his 48th year in the film business during his shooting oft Joseph E. Levine’s multi-million dollar Technicolor and Panavision production of “Harlew,” opening ......... at the Pe sie Reeies Theatre, through Paramount Pictures release, starring lovely Carroll Baker in a spectacular recreation of the legendary platinum blonde Jean Harlow. j i} oe ‘ Hollywood artist Sam Norkin pictures Carroll Baker as fabled Jean Harlow in Joseph E. Levine’s Vechnicolor and Panavision production “Harlow,” opening any baa at the ......Theatre, : ‘ ‘ : . via Paramount Pictures release. Looking on. counter-clockwise. are co-stars Michael Connors, Viartin Balsam. Peter Lawford. Red Buttons, Raf Vallone and Angela Lansbury. Available as 2-Col. Mat 2X or 3-Col. Mat 3X Levine's “Harlow” Seis Carroll Baker As Top Sex Symbol Lovely, blonde Carroll Baker, currently starred in the title role in Joseph E. Levine’s multi-million dollar Technicolor and Panavision product tion “Harlow.” which opens heer tees At EHC 2x $ais0% Theaire, through Paramount Pictures release, has given new credence io a Hollywood tradition. Historically, once every fifteen years a glamorous Hollywood sex svmbol casts her electrifying image across the siant movie screen to caplivate a new generation of moviegoers. There have been only two or three such magnetic feminine personalities in the history 6: motion pictures. Such a star was born when the exciting Carroll Baker exploded on the sereen with her highly controversial role of the thumb-sucking nymphet in Tennessee Williams’ sensational “Baby Doll.” For this role, the lovely Miss Baker won numerous honors and_ international adulation. She followed this with her stariling and spectacular portrayal of ihe exotic Rina Marlowe in Levine’s highly successful film, “The Carpetbaggers,” and emerged as the new and dynamic Hollywood “Love Goddess.” Now she is Hollywood’s sex symbol of the Sixties portraying the life story of Jean Harlow, Hollywood’s explosive blonde bombshell sex symbol of the Thirties. To many observers of the Hollywood scene, it was as though Destiny itself had cast shapely Carroll Baker for the role. Legend had become reality again. Co-starred in pivotal roles are Red Buttons, Michael Connors, Viartin Balsam, Angela Lansbury, Peter Lawford and Raf Vallone. Star's Pie’ Easy As Work Sometimes the life and work of a top movie star can be “easy as pie.” However, this was not quite the case for lovely Carroll Baker who plays the explosive title role in Joseph E. Levine’s multimillion dollar Technicolor and Panavision production of “Harlow.”? which opens ws tees atthe ..... Theatre, through Paramount Pictures Release. Miss Baker refused to use a double fer the picture’s sequences which recreate an early Hollywood movie siudio seene, and was smeared with custard pies for these hilarious scenes. “Harlow” director Gordon Douglas supervised the pie-throwing scenes with particularly nostalgic relish, He once directed such comedies at the Hal Roach Studios in the early Hollywood days. Carroll Baker Is**Harlow” Stull H-10 Mat 2A Seductively recreating the image of Jean Harlow the legendary love goddess of the 30’s, today’s sex symbol Carroll Baker stars brilliantly in the title role of Joseph E. Levine’s multi-million dollar Technicolor and Panavision production of “Harlow,”’ which opens ........ at the ....... Pictures release. .. Theatre. through Paramount Red Buttons Has T. op Role In Levine's “Harlow” Film At long last, Academy Award-winning actor Red Buttons and his business agent can realize a mutual identification in their future dealings. For the first time in his notable career on stage and screen, Buttons portrays a Hollywood agent. Equally renowned for his outstanding delineations of both comedy and drama, it was one of the memorable moments of Buttons’ career when producer Joseph E. Levine signed him for the role of the legendary platinum blonde Jean Harlow’s widely publicized agent. Arthur Landau, in his multimillion dollar production of “Hariow,” filmed in Technicolor and Panavision, and opening ......... at the ......... Theatre, via Para mount Pictures release. Recognized today as one of America’s most versatile performers, Red Buttons has won acclaim as a star of motion pictures, television, the stage and nightclubs. Lovely Carroll Baker, sex symbol of the Sixties, stars in the title role in “Harlow.” Buttons co-siars with Peter Lawford, Michael Connors, Angela Lansbury, Martin Balsam and Raf Vallone. Noted jazz musician, composer and arranger Neal Hefti created and conducted the musical score for “Harlow,” which Gordon Douglas directed from John Michael Hayes’ screenplay. Sull H-1 Mat 1A Versatile Red Buttons is Harlow’s agent and confidant in the Joseph E. Levine Technicolor and Panavision picture ‘*Harlow,” opening ........ at the ie Maem iota ane Theatre, through Paramount Pictures release. Page 3