Red Dust was lensed almost entirely on MGM's back lot; even so, we are utterly convinced that the film takes place in Indochina (never mind that everyone pronounces Saigon as Say-gone). Even more ...

Forbidden Hollywood is a monthly series hosted by STL film critic Katie Carter celebrating the Pre-Code films of the early 1930s, when movies were wild, racy, transgressive, and tons of fun. Among the ...

The last fan letter sent out to an adoring public by 1930s movie superstar Jean Harlow is to be auctioned in Somerset on FRIDAY (September 5th). Christened the 'Blonde Bombshell' and 'Platinum Blonde' ...

Platinum-blonde Jean Harlow plays a prostitute at a jungle encampment who sets her sights on rubber-plantation engineer Clark Cable. With her nude bathing scene in a rain barrel, Harlow pushed the ...