20th Century Froth
As frothy as the outfits Jean Harlow wears in it, Red-Headed Woman is the sort of film (well, one sort of film) they don’t make like that any more. Indeed, as they keep stressing, the sort of film they had to stop making like that, for fear of being censored.
It’s actually odd to watch, as you don’t see so many pre-Hay’s Code talkies. Much is similar, but all the sex is implied and cut away from, rather than hinted at for those in the know – but the characters still get married, rather than live in sin. And no doubt the scene where Harlow reclaims her silk pajamas from her flatmate must have had the Hay’s Code commitee’s eyes bugging…
Jean Harlow really does have the most improbable eyebrows…
I saw:
- 19/08/07, 12pm: Red-Headed Woman (Filmhouse 1 EIFF)
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