MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

StrictlyConfidential Even though this "Poor-Boy-Meets-Rich-Girl" Screwball comedy from 1931 was given the decidedly misleading title of "Platinum Blonde" - It certainly wasn't Jean Harlow's character who carried this film's story and made it all work. No, it was not.IMO - Harlow (20 at the time) only served as being mere window-dressing in this picture. That's all.The actor who was really the focus of "Platinum Blonde" was Robert (never heard of him?) Williams who played Stew Smith, the outrageously bold, wisecracking, womanizing, newspaper reporter who'd do just about anything for a scoop.I'm someone who usually avoids watching Screwball comedies from Hollywood's heyday - But this early "Frank Capra" production actually did appeal to me on account of Williams, not Harlow.*Note* - 4 days following this film's initial theatrical release, Robert Williams (34 at the time) died from a burst bladder..... The tragic end to a potentially promising career.

cluciano63 Good acting too. I enjoyed seeing Robert Williams and sorry to read that he died soon after the film was made. He played the snappy reporter just right, although the movie never really explained the great attraction between his character and Jean Harlow's very well-all of a sudden, they are married.Not a Loretta Young fan...but she is fine in this film, and of course (as per her contract I think) she has to end up with the man. Strange to see a divorce being the reason, but then it is pre-code. Still, usually you would see the woman walk out on the man, not vice versa.The plot is pretty cliché, but the pace is fast, and keeps moving, so it keeps your interest. Gets a little heavy-handed with the "bird in gilded cage" references...

Michael O'Keefe You can only imagine how the beautiful Loretta Young felt being upstaged by bombshell Jean Harlow. This screwball comedy is directed by Frank Capra, who knows how to get the best effort out of an actor. A hapless, but energetic newspaper reporter Stew Smith(Robert Williams)gets the assignment to get the real story of a high society scandal. Doing so he rapidly falls in love with a rich platinum blonde Ann Schuyler(Harlow). This doesn't fare well with Stew's fellow reporter Gallagher(Young), who is helping him write a play. Not realizing that Gallagher is smitten with him, Stew marries the blonde heiress only to find the relationship falling apart due to mismatched lifestyles. Quick paced comedy with a strong supporting cast of: Reginald Owen, Halliwell Hobbes, Walter Catlett and Louise Closser Hale.

cstotlar-1 This is a Capra film that falls rather uneasily between two stools. There was the Capra of silent films and the era of slapstick, visual humor. Harry Langdon comes to mind. And then there is Capra in full form with his (self-described) "Capracorn" that we know so well from "Mr. Smith" and "Wonderful Life" to name only a few of his successes. Time didn't treat him quite so well later in life and the formulas that once served so well seemed to fizzle. "Platinum Blonde" has several germs found in later films but as yet undeveloped. Loretta Young's character had tremendous potential and Jean Harlow's character was not quite ready to fly yet with the later screwball comedies. Stew was the Star and that about summons things up. It's a curious film that would undoubtedly appeal to people specifically interested in Capra's development but I wasn't overwhelmed or even very much impressed.Curtis Stotlar