Harlow an Intimate Biography
$ 5.00
Author: Irving Shulman
Publisher: Dell 3443
Year: 1964 Print: 3 Cover Price: $.95
Condition: Book Grades. Good plus. Moderate wear
Genre: Non Fiction/Biography
Pages: 352
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The book focuses heavily on the contrast between Jean Harlow’s massive public success and her deeply unhappy private life.
- The Rise to Fame: It tracks how her striking looks and platinum hair turned her into a major star for studios like MGM, making her a pop-culture phenomenon.
- Studio Control: Shulman describes "big-studio feudalism," showing how Hollywood studios fully controlled and marketed stars as products for public consumption.
- Personal Scandals: Much of the book centers on her chaotic relationships. This includes the mysterious suicide of her husband, Paul Bern, just weeks after their wedding
