2 Years ago:
Arriving home late one night,I decided to take a look at what was being shown on TV,and was pleased to find that BBC4 was screening the last 30 minutes of a movie starring Jean Harlow called Hells Angels.With there being nothing else at all on TV,I decided that despite missing most of the movie,that I would watch the final half hour of the title.
As the credits came up on the screen,I found myself very interested in taking a look at Jean Harlow's list of credits.Taking a look at Harlow's IMDb page,I ended up stumbling upon an early credit of hers called Goldie.Due to Harlow still being a pretty big name,I initially expected all of her work to be freely available on DVD/VHS.To my surprise,I discovered that along with Goldie not being out on any format,that a number of sites were claiming the title to be lost,which led to me having to give up on every being able to see the film.
Late 2013:
Talking to a fellow IMDb'er about rare/lost titles that we were both searching for,I was shocked to learn that a solo revival screening of Goldie had taken place,and that someone had filmed the screening!.With this appearing to be the only possible option to see the movie,I excitingly got myself ready to how golden Goldie really is.
The plot:
Traveling around the world in the navy with his friend Bill,Spike Moore finds his attempts to get together with a women to become increasingly frustrating,due to each of the women having a tattoo which shows that Bill has got to them first.
Visiting a circus during an away journey,Spike finds himself becoming head over heels in love,when he catches a glimpse of a stunning circus performer called Goldie.Quickly getting together with Goldie,Spike decides to show the girl on his arm off to his friend.As Moore gleefully shows his girlfriend off,Bill begins to fear that Spike will soon spot his tattoo on Goldie's arm.
View on the film:
Entering the film, (which instead of being the 68 minutes that IMDb lists,ran for 60 minutes) Jean Harlow dazzles, (or in this case splashes!) across the screen as the title,with Harlow's gorgeous appearance making the difficult circumstances that I viewed the movie in something that was easy to overlook.Along with her appearance,Harlow also gives the movie a real shock of energy,by brilliantly revealing Goldie to be a conniving hart-let whose prepared to use any games,in order to get a handful of cash.
Joining Harlow,Spencer Tracy and Warren Hymer give a good double team performance as Bill and Spike Moore,with Hymer show Spike to be someone who falls for any women that gets in his sight,whilst Tracy gives the film a dollop of slap-stick fun as the "expireanced" Bill.
For the first half of Gene Towne's, (who would later write the Fritz Lang film You Only Live Once) and Paul Perez screenplay the movie initially appears to be a lighthearted buddy Comedy,with Bill and Spike slapping each other around,as Spike discovers that hes unwillingly playing catch up with Bill.
Once Goldie enters the movie,the title takes on an unexpectedly darker direction,which along with including some rather surprising twist that show how far Goldie's willing to go for cash,also includes some rather shockingly unexpected moments involving women beating,which leads to this very interesting film being one which shows that all that glitters isn't Goldie.
Arriving home late one night,I decided to take a look at what was being shown on TV,and was pleased to find that BBC4 was screening the last 30 minutes of a movie starring Jean Harlow called Hells Angels.With there being nothing else at all on TV,I decided that despite missing most of the movie,that I would watch the final half hour of the title.
As the credits came up on the screen,I found myself very interested in taking a look at Jean Harlow's list of credits.Taking a look at Harlow's IMDb page,I ended up stumbling upon an early credit of hers called Goldie.Due to Harlow still being a pretty big name,I initially expected all of her work to be freely available on DVD/VHS.To my surprise,I discovered that along with Goldie not being out on any format,that a number of sites were claiming the title to be lost,which led to me having to give up on every being able to see the film.
Late 2013:
Talking to a fellow IMDb'er about rare/lost titles that we were both searching for,I was shocked to learn that a solo revival screening of Goldie had taken place,and that someone had filmed the screening!.With this appearing to be the only possible option to see the movie,I excitingly got myself ready to how golden Goldie really is.
The plot:
Traveling around the world in the navy with his friend Bill,Spike Moore finds his attempts to get together with a women to become increasingly frustrating,due to each of the women having a tattoo which shows that Bill has got to them first.
Visiting a circus during an away journey,Spike finds himself becoming head over heels in love,when he catches a glimpse of a stunning circus performer called Goldie.Quickly getting together with Goldie,Spike decides to show the girl on his arm off to his friend.As Moore gleefully shows his girlfriend off,Bill begins to fear that Spike will soon spot his tattoo on Goldie's arm.
View on the film:
Entering the film, (which instead of being the 68 minutes that IMDb lists,ran for 60 minutes) Jean Harlow dazzles, (or in this case splashes!) across the screen as the title,with Harlow's gorgeous appearance making the difficult circumstances that I viewed the movie in something that was easy to overlook.Along with her appearance,Harlow also gives the movie a real shock of energy,by brilliantly revealing Goldie to be a conniving hart-let whose prepared to use any games,in order to get a handful of cash.
Joining Harlow,Spencer Tracy and Warren Hymer give a good double team performance as Bill and Spike Moore,with Hymer show Spike to be someone who falls for any women that gets in his sight,whilst Tracy gives the film a dollop of slap-stick fun as the "expireanced" Bill.
For the first half of Gene Towne's, (who would later write the Fritz Lang film You Only Live Once) and Paul Perez screenplay the movie initially appears to be a lighthearted buddy Comedy,with Bill and Spike slapping each other around,as Spike discovers that hes unwillingly playing catch up with Bill.
Once Goldie enters the movie,the title takes on an unexpectedly darker direction,which along with including some rather surprising twist that show how far Goldie's willing to go for cash,also includes some rather shockingly unexpected moments involving women beating,which leads to this very interesting film being one which shows that all that glitters isn't Goldie.