Baby: The Jean Harlow Story

The Secret History Of Hollywood

Adam Roche

Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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In "Baby", hear the story of an independent young woman who found herself forced to adopt a persona she did not recognise, and the beginnings of a cinematic legacy cut short far too soon... ---- "Baby" is but one of countless Hollywood stories available right now when you sign up at https://www.patreon.com/attaboysecret Along with the stories and the legends, unlock EVEN MORE, such as: The complete Secret History of Hollywood catalogue, including THIN: The Thin Man Story, The Adventures Of Alfred Hitchcock, The Game Is Afoot, A Universe Of Horrors, Bullets And Blood, and much more... including THIN Queens Of Cinema Series 1, plus instant access to Series 2, which has just begun with the two-part story of Ida Lupino! An ALL-NEW Classic Movie Library, designed from scratch - a whole new experience created to allow you to get the best out of Old Hollywood, including trailers, deeper information, and even curated playlists of films! Small Tales - short fiction with a sinister edge... Bonus review shows! Blueprints - a bitesize version of The Secret History Of Hollywood - extra chapters that help to further enhance the stories you've already heard! The Seventh Heaven Radio Hour - a regular music show in which I present the best in Golden Age music as well as the film scores that became legend Sign up now at Patreon or go to https://www.patreon.com/attaboysecret Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.4	On the birth certificate, the name was Harleen, a carefully constructed, puzzling patchwork of her own mother's maiden name.
1:05.0	Mom was Jean, daughter of Skip and Ella Harlow, an upper-class dynasty of real estate brokers. Dad was the
1:13.1	impressively titled Montclair Carpenter, a working-class dentist from Kansas City, who knew he was
1:20.1	punching above his average when he asked Skip and Ella's prize to be his own. Three years after the Blessed Union, the girl arrived, and a name was required.
1:34.3	But Mrs. Jean Carpenter wanted something truly unique for baby.
1:40.4	How would it be, she supposed, if you took the Harl from Harlow, so as to pay tribute to her
1:46.2	much-adored family line, and then Ene from Jean, so as to pay a modest tribute to herself,
1:53.7	and then jam these two shards together. Montclair, who it has to be said was not recognized
2:00.5	as having much luck when it came to names,
2:02.9	knew when to shut up, and let the creation stand.
2:07.4	Try as they, and anyone else who attempted it, might, though.
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