Premiere
25
Jun1932
Studio
About
Synopsis
"Red-Headed Woman" (1932) is a pre-Code Hollywood comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Director Jack Conway made it for MGM, and Jean Harlow turned a scheming secretary into one of cinema's most unapologetic gold-diggers.
Lil works at the Legendre company and wants her boss Bill. She breaks up his marriage, gets the wedding, enjoys the money for a while, then sets her sights on a wealthier prospect: older businessman Charles. Chester Morris plays Bill, Lewis Stone plays the magnate, and Charles Boyer turns up late. What makes it work is how little Lil regrets any of it.
Released months before the Hays Code took hold, this is the kind of film Hollywood stopped making by 1934. Watch "Red-Headed Woman" online on iFILM.
Cast
Starring
Jean Harlow
Lillian 'Lil' / 'Red' Andrews Legendre
Chester Morris
William 'Bill' / 'Willie' Legendre Jr.
Lewis Stone
William 'Will' Legendre Sr.
Leila Hyams
Irene 'Rene' Legendre
Una Merkel
Sally
Henry Stephenson
Charles B. 'Charlie' / 'C.B.' Gaerste
May Robson
Aunt Jane
Charles Boyer
Albert
Harvey Clark
Uncle Fred
Henry Armetta
Waiter Warning Bill of Lipstick (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Man Wanting to Use Phone Booth (uncredited)
Ed Brady
Man Outside Pool Hall (uncredited)
Ralph Byrd
Driver, at Film's End, with Mustache (uncredited)
Albert Conti
Frenchman in Paris (uncredited)
James T. Mack
Thomas, Legendre Butler (uncredited)
Wilfrid North
Judge at Divorce Hearing (uncredited)
Edgar Norton
Gaerste's Butler Tompkins (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)
Sarah Padden
Mary, Legendre Maid (uncredited)
William Pawley
Al (uncredited)
Jack Conway
crew
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