Monday, May 16, 2011

HARLOW IN HOLLYWOOD

 

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No star shone more brightly at MGM in the 1930s than the platinum blonde Jean Harlow. HARLOW IN HOLLYWOOD by Darrell Rooney and Mark A. Vieira (Angel City Press) celebrates the popular star in an exceptionally handsome, oversized book filled with rare, often candid photos.

As the authors admit, the definitive biography of Harlow has already been written (by David Stenn), but their lively overview of her life and times is compulsively readable and filled with quotes from the star herself. It’s amazing to contemplate just how short a time she lived and worked in Hollywood, and how big an impact she made on fans and co-workers alike.

Seeing so many well-chosen pictures of Harlow, in and out of character, at home, on the town, and through the eyes of her many portrait photographers, she becomes a tangible human being—not just a goddess of the silver screen.

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