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Red-Headed Woman (1932)

NR 06/25/1932 Comedy, Romance, Drama 1h 19m
67%
User
Score
7.0/10
100%

The Red-Headed Woman's Code: Every man... single or married... is fair prey.

Overview

Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force society to pay attention to her.

Jack Conway

Director

Anita Loos

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow

Lillian 'Lil' / 'Red' Andrews Legendre

Chester Morris

Chester Morris

William 'Bill' / 'Willie' Legendre Jr.

Lewis Stone

Lewis Stone

William 'Will' Legendre Sr.

Leila Hyams

Leila Hyams

Irene 'Rene' Legendre

Una Merkel

Una Merkel

Sally

Henry Stephenson

Henry Stephenson

Charles B. 'Charlie' / 'C.B.' Gaerste

May Robson

May Robson

Aunt Jane

Charles Boyer

Charles Boyer

Albert

Harvey Clark

Harvey Clark

Uncle Fred

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Media

Red Headed Woman 1932, ~ Pre Code~ Jean Harlow

Red Headed Woman 1932, ~ Pre Code~ Jean Harlow

Red Headed Woman (1932 ) Jean Harlow, Una Merkel, ~ Pre-Code Scene

Red Headed Woman (1932 ) Jean Harlow, Una Merkel, ~ Pre-Code Scene

RED-HEADED WOMAN (JACK CONWAY, 1932)

RED-HEADED WOMAN (JACK CONWAY, 1932)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on September 18, 2022

Jean Harlow is the ambitious "Lil". She takes a bit of an interest in her boss "Bill" (Chester Morris) whose marriage she sets out to destroy. He is a bit hapless, and though he genuinely loves his wife "Irene" (Leila Hyams) he is still played like a fiddle by his former assistant. Once she has achieved her goal, however, her attentions begin to wander and poor old businessman "Gaerste" (Henry Stepehnson) and down-to-earth chauffeur "Albert" (Charles Boyer) are soon in her sights. The story here isn't so remarkable, it's the role reversal that works well. Harlow is a natural as the outwardly flighty, but actually rather shrewd lady who knows what she wants, and is prepared to use her guile and her smile to get it. Katharine Brush's book also illustrates just how incapable men can be when f...

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