Platinum Blonde (film)

Platinum Blonde is a 1931 American PreCode romantic comedy motion picture starring Jean Harlow, Robert Williams, and Loretta Young. The film was written by Jo Swerling and directed by Frank Capra. Platinum Blonde was Robert Williams last screen appearance he died of peritonitis three days after the films Octoberrelease.

Stewart Stew Smith Robert Williams, ace reporter for the Post, is assigned to get the story about the latest escapade of playboy Michael Schuyler Donald Dillaway, a breach of promise suit by chorus girl Gloria Golden, who has been paid to drop it. Unlike rival Daily Tribune reporter Bingy Baker Walter Catlett, he turns down a 50 bribe from Dexter Grayson Reginald Owen, the Schuylers lawyer, to not write anything. He does pretend to be swayed by the pleas of Anne Jean Harlow, Michaels sister, but then brazenly calls his editor with the scoop, appalling the Schuylers.Stew returns to the house to return a copy of Conrad he had taken from the Schuylers library. The butler, Smythe Halliwell Hobbes, tries to make him leave, but Anne sees him. Stew surprises Anne by presenting her with Michaels love letters to Gloria, who had intended to use them to extort more money from the Schuylers. Anne offers Stew a 5,000 check, which he refuses. She asks why he reported the suit, but not the love notes. Stew explains that one was news, the other, blackmail. He later tells her he is writing a play. Intrigued, Anne wonders if she can turn him into a gentleman. She invites him to a party at the house. ........

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