One-reel sound short, for radio and early experimental television. Series 2, no 3.
*Since it was filmed and produced by a film company and no station broadcast has yet been located, it will be included in her filmography instead of in radio performances.
10 mins. (7 mins. and 51 seconds survive)
Tiffany Productions, Inc. / Louis Lewyn Productions, Inc.
Survival/release status: Survives in two incomplete nitrate fragments that have been pieced together. Preserved and restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive with funding from The Packard Humanities Institute and David Stenn. Available to watch free on YouTube.
Cast: Jean Harlow, Bela Lugosi, Walter Huston, Will Rogers, Ivan Lebedeff, Ann Ronell, Genevieve Tobin, Fifi D’Orsay
Summary: Jean Harlow and Bela Lugosi discuss his role in Dracula (1931), Walter Huston performs a song, and a group of cowgirls appear in this early sound short, among other things.
Trivia: Though little available information on this short’s release survives, we can assume it was filmed in April or May of 1931, as Harlow is wearing a (probably designed by Dolly Tree) worn in Goldie (1931), which she filmed during these months.
Stills and ad art:
Harlow Heaven 