Women have been proponents of the blue rinse since Hollywood starlet Jean Harlow rocked her platinum locks in the 1930 film Hell’s Angels. Her pin-up curls may have been envy-worthy, but it was ...

Harlow met her ideal costar when she teamed with Clark Gable for what turned out to be a string of six pictures. UCLA is showing two of them, one celebrated, one little seen.

Jean Harlow and Robert Taylor’s cross-country train trip began on Jan. 26, 1937. In addition to promoting their upcoming movie, the stars attended the Jan. 30, 1937, birthday ball for President ...

Within 15 years, Norma Jean would have remade herself in Harlow’s image, even visiting Harlow’s own hairdresser, under the name Marilyn Monroe. But that’s a story for another day.

In May 1937, the editors of Life magazine made a spooky choice for their first ever Holly­wood cover. Jean Harlow appears in a full-length ­portrait, walking away from the camera with her head ...