Bombshell

Oct 13, 1933

1h 36m

★ 6.5

An explosion of laughter...with beautiful Jean Harlow as the female fire-cracker of filmdom!

Overview

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Bombshell Trailers

Cast

Lola Burns

Jean Harlow

E.J. 'Space' Hanlon

Lee Tracy

Pops Burns

Frank Morgan

Gifford Middleton

Franchot Tone

Jim Brogan

Pat O'Brien

Mac

Una Merkel

Junior Burns

Ted Healy

Marquis Hugo di Binelli di Pisa

Ivan Lebedeff

Nellie, Junior's Girlfriend

Isabel Jewell

Loretta

Louise Beavers

Winters

Leonard Carey

Mrs. Middleton

Mary Forbes

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