

Platinum Doll
Author: Anne Girard
Narrator: Leslie Carroll
Unabridged: 10 hr 58 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 01/26/2016
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction
Author: Anne Girard
Narrator: Leslie Carroll
Unabridged: 10 hr 58 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 01/26/2016
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction
3.75 Stars PLATINUM DOLL is a novel based on actress Jean Harlow's rise to fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood. In the late 1920s, she goes to California as a teenage bride from the Midwest. The book follows her turbulent marriage to Chuck McGrew, and the struggles she had with her ruthless moth......more
I've longed admired Jean Harlow. There's just something about her that is mesmerizing and infectious. She was someone who seemed to glow from within. While I am no expert and haven't seen all her films, I still have an idea of who she might have been. I was so excited for the opportunity to read Pla......more
Find my full review at [URL not allowed] There's something fascinating to me about peaking behind the glamour and spectacle of the golden age of Hollywood and seeing the grit, disappointment and sacrifice hidden beneath. I haven't read a book yet or seen a movie set during this u......more
I know someone whose grandfather worked as a makeup artist in MGM and he said the most beautiful actress he had ever seen, after working there almost all his life, was Harlow. Look at how the stars tear up at the Harlow segment of When a Lion Roars or the tributes included about her in Loy's book (s......more
Platinum Doll was a fascinating read, and I could not put it down. I read it while working out, at the car wash, and while making dinner so that I could finish it. The author did a wonderful job portraying the early years of screen legend Jean Harlow’s career. Anne Girard (Diane Haeger) clearly did......more