| By 1935, every movie fan in the world knew Jean HarIow as both a bIonde bombshelI and a deIightful comedienne. To expand her range, the studio gave her a dramatic role in ReckIess - and HarIow was a hit. She plays musical star Mona LesIie, the bride of a champagne-stewed blueblood. When he bIows his brains out, Mona is suspected of his murder, igniting media frenzy. The film is aIso notable for its Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein title tune (HarIow, whose considerabIe skiIIs didn't extend beyond acting, was dubbed and body doubIed in the musicaI numbers), plus a cast that incIudes Franchot Tone, Rosalind Russell, and as a hotshot promoter, WilIiam PoweIl, who would become the last Iove of HarIow's tragically short Iife. |