The best Jean Harlow’s drama movies

Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow

03/03/1911- 07/06/1937
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Scarface

Scarface
7.7/10
A murderous thug shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.

Red Dust

Red Dust
7.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 22/10/1932
  • Character: Vantine
Dennis, owner of a rubber plantation in Cochinchina, is involved with Vantine, who left Saigon to evade the police; but when his new surveyor, Gary, arrives along with his refined but sensual wife, Barbara, Dennis gets infatuated by her.

City Lights

City Lights
8.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaRomance
  • Release: 01/02/1931
  • Character: Extra in Restaurant Scene (uncredited)
In this sound-era silent film, a tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower seller.

The Public Enemy

The Public Enemy
7.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 23/04/1931
  • Character: Gwen Allen
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.

Dinner at Eight

Dinner at Eight
7.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 22/12/1933
  • Character: Kitty Packard
An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple. Meanwhile, their high-society friends and associates, including the gruff Dan Packard and his sultry spouse, Kitty, contend with their own entanglements, leading to revelations at the much-anticipated dinner.

China Seas

China Seas
6.9/10
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!

Hell's Angels

Hell's Angels
7.3/10
In this aerial spectacle, brothers Roy and Monte Rutledge, each attending Oxford university, enlist with the Royal Flying Corps when World War I breaks out.

Wife vs. Secretary

Wife vs. Secretary
7/10
Magazine publisher Van Stanhope is a hard-working, dynamic executive very happily married to his beautiful wife Linda. Although their relationship is built on unconditional trust, friends, and even Van's mother, caution Linda about the dangers of allowing Whitey, her husband's extremely sexy secretary, to continue to have access to him. Although Whitey has a faithful boyfriend, she secretly harbors unrequited feelings for her boss. When they take a business trip to Havana, circumstantial evidence convinces Linda that the rumors she's heard may have a basis in fact.

Riffraff

Riffraff
6.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 03/01/1936
  • Character: Hattie
Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. After he is kicked out of his union and fired from his job he leaves Hattie who steals money for him and goes to jail. He gets a new job, foils a plot to dynamite the ship, and promises to wait for Hattie.

Saratoga

Saratoga
6.5/10
A horse breeder's (Lionel Barrymore) granddaughter (Jean Harlow) falls in love with a gambler (Clark Gable) in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Reckless

Reckless
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 19/04/1935
  • Character: Mona Leslie
A theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire.

The Beast of the City

The Beast of the City
6.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaRomance
  • Release: 13/02/1932
  • Character: Daisy Stevens, aka Mildred Beaumont
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his corrupt brother Ed to watch over Daisy who was associated with Belmonte.

The Secret Six

The Secret Six
6.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 18/04/1931
  • Character: Anne Courtland
Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton. Scorpio eventually takes over Frank's operation, beats a rival gang, becomes wealthy and dominates the city for several years until a secret group of 6 masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair.

Suzy

Suzy
6.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 20/07/1936
  • Character: Suzy
A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive.

Hold Your Man

Hold Your Man
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 30/06/1933
  • Character: Ruby Adams
Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie takes off and Ruby is sent to a reformatory for two years.

Iron Man

Iron Man
5.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 29/04/1931
  • Character: Rose Mason
Prizefighter Mason loses his opening fight so wife Rose leaves him for Hollywood. Without her around Mason trains and starts winning. Rose comes back and wants Mason to dump his manager Regan and replace him with her secret lover Lewis.

Why Be Good?

Why Be Good?
7.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaRomance
  • Release: 28/02/1929
  • Character: Blonde on Rooftop Bench at Junior's Second Party (uncredited)
A flapper unwittingly falls for the boss' son.

New York Nights

New York Nights
5.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 28/12/1929
  • Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Show girl Jill Deverne is married to song writer Fred Deverne, and everyone is involved in the Broadway night life and endless parties. Jill is being pursued by a gangster, and she leaves her husband after he spends the night with a floozie. Jill ends up as the gangster's moll, but she soon gets tired of the lifestyle.

Three Wise Girls

Three Wise Girls
6.5/10
Romantic comedy drama about three friends in New York. Cassie has come to New York and goes to work as a model where her friend Gladys works. She falls in love with wealthy young Jerry who is already married. Gladys has the same probelm with her man Phelps.

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