Jean Harlow was the first blonde bombshell and she made a huge impact in her short life. No dumb blonde, she was funny, sexy, charismatic, and was even developing her dramatic chops (her final scene with Myrna Loy in Wife vs. Secretary showed where she could have gone as a dramatic lead). Her death of uremic poisoning at age 26 was a significant loss. However, her short career was incredibly productive; we are fortunate to have many Harlow performances to watch and love.
Robots and mechanical beings, have been a part of the movies from the beginning. They’re an especially interesting aspect of the movies because while they can have many common similarities, like a slow gait, the ability to kill with eye lasers, stilted speech, and a habit of crashing through doors and windows, the way they have been portrayed on screen is also wildly creative and varied. I haven’t strictly gone with the definition of robot in this collection, because I think it’s interesting how mechanical people/automatons are similar in so many ways to the machine-run robots that followed (I also snuck one cyborg in there).
Despite lacking motion, portraits can be a powerful part of a movie, driving the plot, inspiring emotion in characters, and creating mood and drama simply by existing. This collection of clips shows how portraits can create romance, comedy, horror, and mystery.
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