Reckless (1935)

Reckless (1935)By 1935, every movie fan in the world knew Jean Harlow as both a blonde bombshell and a delightful comedienne. To expand her range, the studio gave her a dramatic role in Reckless and Harlow was a hit. She plays musical star Mona Leslie, the bride of a champagne stewed blueblood. When he blows his brains out, Mona is suspected of his murder, igniting media frenzy. The film is also notable for its Jerome Kern Oscar Hammerstein title tune (Harlow, whose

will not free him

The richest woman in the world (Ruth Chatterton) has everything money can buy

George Tobias and Henry Hull

and secretly sponsors a music composition contest to get him to accept her charity

And Stewart Granger brings dash and deviltry to his portrayal of a hero "born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad

He's too late

One of the seminal creators of the Spaghetti Western genre guides this explosive shoot-`em-up: film critic-turned-director Sergio Cobucci (Django)

Melina Mercouri and Sandy Dennis) are up to their rosaries in blackmail

hugs and this movie are the required therapy when you're Lovesick

a kid from the neighborhood

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Mitchum solidified his tough-guy persona in this archetypal film noir directed with memorable style by Jacques Tourneur (Cat People