Jeans made better movies but her second to last film is a cute little trifle. In this amusing film jean harlow is an impoverished widow who hopes to marry a suitor who is she thinks a wealthy man. Personal property stands as jean harlows last completed film effort and. Personal property is een amerikaanse filmkomedie uit 1937 onder regie van w. Personal property kept in a building owned by another person is a typical unsecured assessment. Mrsavko je americki crnobijeli kriminalisticki film snimljen 1934. While she looked good, there was a tiredness to her.
Personal property 1937 0319 1937 us comedy, romance 1h 24m user score. Personal property 1937 personal property 1937 user. Not that big on laughs, but plenty of good shots of harlow and a beefcake scene of taylor in a bathtub, who was the darling. Now i am not saying this is a bad filmjust a badly cast film. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival. It is based on the play the man in possession by h. He convinces the sheriff to give him a job watching the house and furniture of widow crystal wetherby without. The man in possession is a 1931 american precode romantic comedy film starring robert montgomery, charlotte greenwood and irene purcell, and based on the play of the same name by h. Scott mentioned the scene where she teaches robert taylor how to butle. Personal property has been ranked 86 times, wins 40. These are the things i knew of harlow before seeing personal property. Personal property 1937 raymond dabney aka ferguson camille 1936. Media in category personal property film the following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. Shes an american married to an englishman who died and left nothing to her, but debts.
The front gates on the day of jean harlows funeral in. Van dyke following completion of personal property bob and harlow left almost immediately by train with other stars to attend president roosevelts annual birthday ball on behalf of the march of dimes held in washington, d. May 10 william tedmarsh, 61, englishamerican silent film actor june 7 jean harlow, 26, american actress, the public enemy, libeled lady, suzy, red dust september 21 osgood perkins, 45, american actor, scarface, gold diggers of 1937. The plot of personal property used a popular gimmick to advance the story a character who assumes a false identity. Jean harlow was the first of hollywoods platinum blondes, and appeared in film after film as the tough, wisecracking, tempestuous young. The romantic comedy was perhaps most notable for being the last film the actress completed before her death.
Personal property was jean harlows last completed picture and she sparkles in it. Its the first sound film ive seen her in, and its easy to see why she was a star. Harlow did start filming saratoga with clark gable but she passed away before filming was finished. Personal property 1937 debtridden socialite harlow puts on a show of wealth to impress a suitor whos also making a pretense of fortune. Taylor tries every trick in the book to win harlow over in this mgm romantic fluff.
S van dyke, famous for his direction of thin man movies among many others. Robert taylor and jean harlow in personal property. Her usually high powered performance seemed slower and she looked fuller. Dedicated to the original blonde bombshell jean harlow. Raymond dabney montgomery returns to a mixed reaction from his middleclass. Secretly impoverished widow crystal jean harlow with a london policeman william stack, bill collector jenkins forrester harvey and amorous raymond robert taylor, eager to get involved, in mgms personal property, 1937 view the tcmdb entry for personal property 1937. A debtridden socialite puts on a show of wealth to impress a suitor whos also making a pretense of fortune. Personal property was the last film jean harlow completed.
Other articles where personal property is discussed. With jean harlow, robert taylor, reginald owen, una oconnor. A playboy robert taylor is coaxed into keeping an eye on a bankrupt widow harlow, in the romantic comedy personal property 1937. She imitates several guests to great comic effect while putting taylor through his paces. Personal property 1937 pick a star 1937 the prince and the pauper 1937 the prisoner of zenda 1937 quality street 1937 ready, willing and able 1937 the return of the scarlet pimpernel 1937, uk rosalie 1937 san quentin 1937 saratoga 1937. The black sheep of a family finds himself falling in love with the wealthy woman his brother is seeking to marry plot. Raymond dabney robert taylor returns to his wealthy family after a short jail stint for robbery, to the chagrin of his brother, claude reginald owen, who is set to marry crystal wetherby jean harlow in order to gain some funds for his familys ailing business. The film was completed three weeks after harlows death and was released that july.
It was her last completed film to be released during her lifetime. Though engaged to a millionaire, the daughter of a horse breeder is drawn to a bookie. Harwood which had previously been made into a film the man in possession by mgm. This was one of her last films before her death in 1937. Personal property is a 1937 film starring jean harlow and robert taylor. Despite her fading health, jean harlow was radiant and effortlessly funny as crystal wetherby. Some scenes from personal property 1937, starring jean harlow and robert taylor, directed by w. Jean harlow and robert taylor photographed by ted allan. Personal property was the last completed film of jean harlow and the only one she was teamed with robert taylor. The film was released in march 1937 and she died unexpectedly several months later, in june.
The sheriff gets him a job watching the house and furniture of widow crystal wetherby. Raymond dabney returns to his family after trouble with the law. Jean harlow in her last completed movie is just fine because she plays an american fortune. Harlows house and personal property are besieged by creditors, and. Media in category movie posters of the united states, 1937 the following 63 files are in this category, out of 63 total. Not that big on laughs, but plenty of good shots of harlow and a beefcake scene of taylor in a bathtub, who was the darling of the mgm lot and worked with every leading lady. Personal property movie posters from movie poster shop. This film is a remake of the 1931 movie the man in possession but since i havent seen that one i cant compare the two. She has style, looking great in all the outfits personal property. Sudden death of film star jean harlow archive film. Abatement1 an official reduction or elimination of ones assessed valuation after completion of the original assessment. Robert taylorcameo appearance in judys dream above and beyond 1952 col. Personal property 1937 raymond dabney robert taylor returns to his wealthy family after a short jail stint for robbery, to the chagrin of his brother, claude reginald owen, who is set to. Monogram pictures, who had merged with republic pictures two years earlier, decide to separate and distribute their own films again june 7 jean harlow, one of the biggest hollywood stars of the decade, passes away aged 26 at good.
He convinces the sheriff to give him a job watching the house and furniture of widow crystal wetherby without knowing she is engaged to his brother. Personal property film by van dyke 1937 britannica. Personal property online stream personal property gratis. Dyke directed jean harlow in personal property, but it was one of her weaker vehicles. Personal property 1937 while its always great to notch off another entry on a favourite filmography, the inevitable downside is that theres less left to find. Robert taylor and jean harlow in personal property 1937 directed by w. It was the last film she finished and she died before the filming of her final movie, saratoga 1937, could be completed. Shes full of snap, youd never suspect her health was failing. This is the only jean harlow film i had missing from the beast of the city in 1932 to the sadly early end of her career in saratoga in 1937.
A double was used for her final scenes in saratoga. The last film that jean harlow actually completed before her death, personal property is a frothy little comedy that provides a fair amount of entertainment. Robert dabney returns to his family after trouble with the law. Personal property 1937 personal property was released in march of 1937 just three months before jean harlows death. She figures an upper class accent is a guarantee of security, but taint so jean. And in jeans final film, saratoga 1937, shes a horse breeders daughter whos drawn to a bookie clark gable. Personal property 1937 out of 4 robert taylor gets a job for the sheriff and his first case is babysitting for a rich woman jean harlow who recently lost her husband. Personal property is a 1937 american romantic comedy film starring jean harlow and robert taylor and directed by w. Van dyke with jean harlow, robert taylor, reginald owen, una oconnor, year. But robert taylor falls for her and determines to pursue her. Personal property 1937 starring jean harlow and robert taylor.
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