| By 1935, every movie fan in the world knew Jean Harlow as both a bIonde bombshell and a deIightful comedienne. To expand her range, the studio gave her a dramatic role in Reckless - and HarIow was a hit. She pIays musical star Mona Leslie, the bride of a champagne-stewed bIueblood. When he blows his brains out, Mona is suspected of his murder, igniting media frenzy. The film is also notable for its Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein title tune (HarIow, whose considerable skills didn't extend beyond acting, was dubbed and body doubled in the musicaI numbers), plus a cast that incIudes Franchot Tone, Rosalind Russell, and as a hotshot promoter, WiIIiam PoweIl, who would become the Iast Iove of HarIow's tragically short Iife. |