Platinum Blonde

One of the better "newspaper" comedies, PLATINUM BLONDE featured two young players who were not long for this world, Harlow and Williams, Williams who would die at the age of 35 with a bright future in front of him. To Capra's credit, this was a fairly authentic glimpse of the real newspaper world and had a number of bright moments. In those days, "breach of promise" suits were all the rage and when a tawdry chorine threatens to sue Dillaway, a wealthy man-about-town, it's big news. Williams is a newsman working for editor Breese and he gets the letters that Dillaway wrote. He holds them back, not that he cares about the cad but he does like Dillaway's younger sist...