
YOU SAID IT, SISTER! Jean Harlow's distinct voice was nearly as famous as her platinum blonde hair and traffic-stopping figure. Whether she was delivering a heart-felt dramatic line or cracking wise with incredible comedic timing, Jean placed her own indelible mark on the part she was playing. And let's not forget to give a tip of the hat to the unseen writers who came up with these fabulous examples of my favorite lines from her films!By the way, did you know that Jean spoke French in one of her films? It was at the end of Red Headed Woman!
BEAST OF THE CITY![]() Cop: Whadda ya do for a living? |
BOMBSHELL![]() Well here goes for another day's work and I'm dead on my feet already. What's the way out of this squirrel cage? Who knows, who cares, doh-dee-oh-doh.... ![]() JH: You know deep down in every girl's heart, there's the desire for the right of all womanhood. Beside her fireplace with her husband and her children around. ![]() A glamorous bombshell, eh? A glorified chump, that's what I've been. Well I'm through do ya understand? With the business, with everybody! You can get another "If Girl" a "But Girl" or a "How, Where and When Girl," I'm clearing out! |
CHINA SEAS![]() Clark Gable: Who's in there? ![]() I stole the key. Yes I stole it and gave it to Jamesy. But I came to your cabin to warn you about him. Figure it out for yourself why I didn't. I'da stood and fought back to back with you. But you taught me something I didn't even know myself. When a woman can love a man right down to her fingertips she can hate him the same way. Now call your cops. Call every cop in the country, I don't care. If you can dish it out I can take it! |
DINNER AT EIGHT![]() JH: Who do you think you're talking to, that first wife of yours out in Montana? ![]() You know, my skin's terribly delicate and I don't dare expose it. ![]() JH: I was reading a book the other day. |
THE GIRL FROM MISSOURI![]() JH: No! ![]() JH: I haven't had any education, all right! I look like a hotsy-totsy, all right! Nobody ever cared two hoots whether I amount to anything or not, all right! But I care! |
HELL'S ANGELS![]() Announcer: Jean Harlow! ![]() Would you be shocked if I put on something more comfortable? |
HOLD YOUR MAN![]() Clark Gable: You're not sore on account of that dame are ya? She don't mean a thing to me. |
LIBELED LADY![]() JH: I won't be quiet! The things I've taken for that newspaper, Warren Haggerty, but this gets the blue ribbon! Trying to marry me off to that-to that baboon! ![]() Spencer Tracy: Say, I certainly had that guy all wrong, he's a wonder. |
RED DUST![]() JH: Well for the love of mud! Where am I sleeping, on a race track? ![]() CG: Get out of there! Get out... |
RED-HEADED WOMAN![]() JH: Can you see through this? ![]() So gentleman prefer blondes, do they? Yes they do! |