Red-Headed Woman | |
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Directed by | Jack Conway |
Written by | F. Scott Fitzgerald (uncredited) |
Screenplay by | Anita Loos |
Based on | Red-Headed Woman 1931 novel by Katherine Brush |
Produced by | Paul Bern |
Starring | Jean Harlow Chester Morris Lewis Stone Leila Hyams Una Merkel |
Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
Edited by | Blanche Sewell |
Music by | Richard A. Whiting Raymond B. Egan |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Red-Headed Woman is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy film, produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Katharine Brush, and a screenplay by Anita Loos. It was directed by Jack Conway and stars Jean Harlow as a woman who uses sex to advance her social position. During the course of the film, Harlow's character breaks up a marriage, has multiple affairs, has premarital sex, and attempts to kill a man.