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“Harlow” Vividly Recaptures Hollywood's Era of Opulence
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Hollywood of the 30’s, when platinum blonde Jean Harlow reigned as the fabulous Queen of the Screen, was famous for exciting glamor and lavishness. It was a day of spectacular film sets and priceless costuming. Producer Joseph E. Levine, in
bringing his multi-million dollar Technicolor and Panavision production of “Harlow” to the screen, Opening i se secon atthe. cane Theatre, via Paramount Pictures release, starring lovely Carroll Baker in the title role, has left no stone unturned. He has recaptured the spirit and reproduced the s‘riking backgrounds which made Hollywood the entertainment center of the world.
Under the direction of noted art directors and scenic designers, Hal Pereira and Ronald Anderson, siriking sets were created which dramatically re-create the era.
Particularly eye-catching is the imaginative home of a famed picture producer with its push-button control of sliding panels and imasinative lighting. Buttons are pressed and drapes silently open to reveal exotic tropical gardens. Roman baths feature indirect lighting in brilliant hues.
The brilliance of Hollywood in the 30’s is also reflected in a lavish hotel banquet scene under giant crystal chandeliers, along with a dazzling reproduction of the Jean Harlow home at the peak of her storied career.
In selecting Miss Baker’s costars for the picture, Levine has matched the opulence of its settings. An international cast of the world’s foremost artists was assembled to substantially fulfill the requirements of portraying real characterizations in what may become the most controversial motion picture of our time.
Raf Vallone, current romantic sensation of the European screen, makes his Hollywood debut in the film as Marino Bello, Jean Harlow’s debonair stepfather. The tragic figure of film executive Paul Bern is played by Peter Lawford, while
Angela Lansbury is Harlow’s mother, Michael Connors plays Harlow’s co-star and Academy
Award-winner Red _ Buttons is seen as Harlow’s agent. Martin Balsam portrays the film executive who inspired Harlow to stardom.
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Joseph E. Levine’s Film ‘‘Harlow’’ Explosive Blonde Bombshell Saga
Winner of Academy Awards and international acclaim, movie producer Joseph E. Levine, who has provided screen audiences with a brilliantly diversified array of outstanding film entertainment in the present era, now presents to the world of entertainment his newest, spectacular
muli-million dollar production of “Harlow,’
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Lovely Carrell Baker, starred as blonde bombshell Jean Harlow, and Michael Connors, as her co-star, are glimpsed in a jubilant mood in this scene from Joseph E. Levine’s spectacular multi
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Carroll Baker Wears Sex Image Of Harlow, Monroe
In the axiom of the entertainment world, the show must go on. The screen’s fabulous love goddesses of another era, Jean Harlow and Marilyn Monroe, have passed frem the scene. Today the world hails a new sex symbol as their voluptuous successor.
She is beautiful Carroll Baker, who stars in the top title role of producer Joseph E. Levine’s spectacular multi-million dollar production of “Harlow,” filmed in Technicolor and Panavision, which OPENS thot mts ee ee aiethes <5... Theatre, through Paramout Pictures release.
Ever since Carroll Baker’s incendiary emergence on the screen as the thumb-sucking nymphet in Tennessee Williams’ “Baby Doll,” and her startling portrait of the sensual Rina Marlowe in Levine’s smash hit film, “The Carpethaggers,” she has been acclaimed as Hellywood’s foremost love goddess. Even as Jean Harlow and Marilyn Monroe had created unusual interest with daring attire, so Carroll Buker makes frequent breathcatching appearances on the screen and in sleek transparent gowns on special public occasions.
When Producer Levine assigned the top-name role in “Harlow” to her, Carroll Baker displayed, like her legendary predecessors, the same dedication to her art. She steeped herself in “Harlowana,” read every fact and legend about the fabulous platinum blonde and spent long hours in darkened projection rooms studying miles of film from tests to news shots and features on the fabled love goddess of the Thirties.
Neal Hefti Music
Famed jazz composer, arranger and conductor Neal Hefti created and conducted the “Lonely Girl” theme music for Joseph E. Levine’s multi-million dollar production of “Harlow,” in Technicolor and Panavision, opening ...... atetneem it Theatre, via Paramount Pictures release. Lovely Carroll Baker stars in the film’s title role, topping an all-star cast.
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Michael Connors is Star On Rise
Ruggedly handsome actor Michael Connors, whose own star has been rising steadily in Hollywood, appears in one of the most important roles of his career as the debonair motion picture star with whom Carroll Baker, as Jean Harlow, falls in love, in Joseph E. Levine’s multi-million dollar Technicolor and Panavision production SHarlow; “Opening §..\.a-icess« at Lote ie ose Ree the Theatre, through Paramount Pictures release.
Born in Fresno, California, Connors was a law student at the University of California in Los Angeles when the acting bug bit him. While still a student, he got a small part in “Sudden Fear,” which starred Joan Crawford and introduced Jack Palance to films. Connors’ small role convinced him that acting and not the Law was his metier. Then began the slow ard arduous climb to the summit through little theatre, professional theatre and a nightclub act.
After several minor roles in various TV series, he was selected to star in the television series “Tightrope.” He and the weekly show were an immediate hit. He followed this by turning to feature motion picture acting, winning better roles with each succeeding assignment. Now his co-starring role in Levine’s “Harlow” attests to his growing stature in motion pictures.
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In the face of a challening legend which has simmered for decades Levine went ahead with his plans to film the fabulous story of Jeau Tizrlow, who rose to stardom as the screen’s platinum blonde bombshell during the glamorous 30’s. Implementing his decision with 2 years of planning, Levine selected beautiful Carroll Baker, Hollywood’s foremost “love goddess” of the day, to portray the famous platinum blonde star in the film.
Levine also sensed other inherent values in Hollywood’s most colorful period. Jean Harlow was swept to stardom in a maelstrom of great national turbulence. The glamorous 30’s were the reckless years. It was the desperate depression era. Then Prohibition’s repeal paved a primrose path to another world of tinseled fantasy. Excitement, thrill and sensation were the watchwords of the day. In ti: midst of this emotional tempest, Hollywood gave the world Jean Harlow, a beautiful, electrifying film siren who was destined to endure like Diana, the original
Goddess of Love.
In bringing Jean Ha.low’s explosive story to the motion picture screen, Levine has endowed his film with lavish and colorful production values in the re-creation of ihe period when Hailow’s name was Si cCnymous wi'n sex symbol, even as it belonged to Marilyn Monroe, and now Carroll Baker.
Top cinemaker Gordon Douglas directed Levine’s “Harlow,” which co-stars Red Buttons, Peter Lawford, Michael Connors, Angela Lansbury, Raf Vallone and Martin Balsam.
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» A notable event in Hollywood history is vividly recaptured in this * dramatic scene in Joseph E. Levine’s multi-million dollar Technicolor and Panavision production ‘“‘Harlow,
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Pictures release. Jean Harlow, portrayed by Carroll Baker, receives her first major starring contract from Hollywood agent Arthur Landau, played by Red Buttons, as co-stars Martin Balsam, Raf Vallone and Angela Lansbury look on in happy approval.