Bombshell Facts, Trivia, Actors, Actresses, and Composers

Bombshell is a Pre-Code film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Frank Morgan, C. Aubrey Smith, Mary Forbes and Franchot Tone. Movie star Lola Burns is angry with her studio publicist E.J. "Space" Hanlon , who feeds the press with endless fake scandals about her. Lola's family and staff are another cause of distress for her, as everybody is always trying to scrape money from the actress. All she really wants is to live a normal life and prove to the public that she's not a sexy vamp but a proper lady. She tries to adopt a baby, but Hanlon, who secretly loves...
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Release date:	1933
Directed by:	Victor Fleming
Runtime:	96 Minutes
Producer:	Irving Thalberg, Hunt Stromberg
Editor:	Margaret Booth
Cinematography:	Chester A. Lyons, Harold Rosson
Screenplay by:	Caroline Francke, Mack Crane, John Lee Mahin, Jules Furthman, Norman Krasna
Estimated budget:	$344,000
Genre:	Comedy

Cast of Bombshell

Pat O'Brien

Born:Nov. 11, 1899

Died:Oct. 15, 1983

Frank Morgan

Born:June 1, 1890

Died:Sept. 18, 1949

Aubrey Smith

Born:July 21, 1863

Died:Dec. 20, 1948

Franchot Tone

Born:Feb. 27, 1905

Died:Sept. 18, 1968

Una Merkel

Born:Dec. 10, 1903

Died:Jan. 2, 1986

Jean Harlow

Lola Burns

Born:Mar. 3, 1911

Died:June 7, 1937

Film director of Bombshell

Victor Fleming

Born: February 23, 1889

Died: January 6, 1949

Victor Lonzo Fleming was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer. His most popular films were The Wizard of Oz , and Gone with the Wind , for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director. Fleming was born in La Canada, California, the son of Elizabeth Evaleen and William...
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Title	Released	Genre
The Farmer Takes a Wife	1953	Musical
Joan of Arc	1948	Biography
Adventure	1945
The Spider Woman	1944	Thriller
A Guy Named Joe	1943	Fantasy
Tortilla Flat	1942
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	1941	Science Fiction
Gone with the Wind	1939
The Wizard of Oz	1939	Musical
The Great Waltz	1938	Biography
Test Pilot	1938	Adventure
The Good Earth	1937
Captains Courageous	1937	Adventure
Reckless	1935	Musical
The Farmer Takes a Wife	1935
Treasure Island	1934	Adventure
Bombshell	1933	Comedy
The White Sister	1933
Red Dust	1932
The Wet Parade	1932
Renegades	1930	Action
Common Clay	1930
The Virginian	1929	Western
The Wolf Song	1929
The Awakening	1928
Abie's Irish Rose	1928	Comedy
The Rough Riders	1927	Adventure
The Way of All Flesh	1927
Hula	1927	Adventure
Mantrap	1926	Comedy
The Blind Goddess	1926
Lord Jim	1925
Adventure	1925
A Son of His Father	1925	Western
The Devil's Cargo	1925
Empty Hands	1924
Code of the Sea	1924	Action
The Call of the Canyon	1923	Western
Dark Secrets	1923
To the Last Man	1923	Western
Law of the Lawless	1923
Anna Ascends	1922
Red Hot Romance	1922	Comedy
The Lane That Had No Turning	1922
Mama's Affair	1921
Woman's Place	1921	Comedy
The Mollycoddle	1920	Adventure
When the Clouds Roll by	1919	Comedy

Frequently Asked Questions

Q:
Who directed the motion picture "Bombshell"?
A:
Victor Fleming was the movie's director.
Q:
How much was the estimated cost to make the film "Bombshell"?
A:
$344,000 was the budget for this movie.
Q:
Who were the producers of the film, "Bombshell"?
A:
Hunt Stromberg and Irving Thalberg were the film's producers.
Q:
Which screenwriter wrote the movie Bombshell?
A:
Caroline Francke, Mack Crane, John Lee Mahin, Jules Furthman and Norman Krasna wrote the script for the film.
Q:
What slogan was used in promotional materials for the film, "Bombshell"?
A:
The film's slogan was, "A scientist encounters trouble when his project manager begins to doubt his work."
Q:
When was the movie "Bombshell" premiered?
A:
The movie was released in October, 1933.
Q:
Who was the distributor of the motion picture, "Bombshell"?
A:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was the film's distributor.
Q:
Who were the stars of movie, "Bombshell"?
A:
Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Frank Morgan, Franchot Tone, Pat O'Brien and Una Merkel played leading roles.
Q:
The movie, "Bombshell" is of which genre?
A:
The film is categorized as... Black-and-white, Pre-Code and Comedy.