Web Site Logo

This website is made possible, in part, by displaying a few online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker for this site.
Released April 19, 1935
Featuring Ted Healy (Solo)
MGM
97.2 min. (Feature Film)

Classic show business melodrama with a mix of comedy, and music and lyrics by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein. Actress/singer Mona Leslie (Jean Harlow) never takes seriously the romantic overtures of her hard-luck promoter Ned Riley (William Powell). Mona falls for playboy Bob Harrison, who jilts his society fiance Jo Mercer, and their marriage quickly horrifies society circles and Bob's family. Tragedy leaves Mona to raise a child alone, struggling to defend her personal and professional reputation.

MGM once again effectively teamed Ted Healy and Nat Pendleton for comic relief, as Ned Riley's assistants.

Bookmark and Share  
Avg. Rating: [8.33/10]
 
RECKLESS on IMDb

Jean Harlow
Mona Leslie

Franchot Tone
Robert Harrison Jr.

May Robson
Granny Leslie

Ted Healy
Smiley

Dick Elliott
Man in orchestra pit

Paul Ellis
'Reckless' gigolo

Nina Mae McKinney
'Reckless' singer

Carl Randall
'Reckless' dancer

Rafael Storm
Mona's dance partner

Wade Boteler
Policeman

Don Brodie
Reporter

Joe Sawyer
Betting clerk

Henry Kolker
Mr. Gearhart

John Gallaudet
Doorman at poker game

Hooper Atchley
Poker player

Fred Santley
Hotel desk clerk

Libby Taylor
Mona's maid

Henry Stephenson
Col. Harrison Sr.

James Ellison
Dave Every

Leon Ames
Ralph Watson

Robert Light
Paul Mercer

Jack Mulhall
Paul's restrainer

Larry Steers
Paul's restrainer

Ernie Haynes
Wrestler

Paul Fix
Man on mechanical horse

Theresa Maxwell Conover
Woman with Smiley

Sam Flint
Jo Mercer's father

Albert Taylor
Wedding guest

Bert Moorhouse
Wedding guest

James Conaty
Wedding guest

William Worthington
Wedding guest

Lloyd Whitlock
Wedding guest

Akim Tamiroff
Wedding reception chef

Lee Phelps
Hotel desk clerk

Charles Middleton
District Attorney

Ted Lorch
Man on coroner jury

Edward LeSaint
Man on coroner jury

Charles C. Wilson
Newspaper editor

Robert Andrews
Mona's baby

Margaret Bert
Maternity nurse

John Davidson
Sid, lawyer

Jan Duggan
Chairwoman

Harold Huber
Nick Londos

Stuart Casey
John Gaylord

Jean Gunn
Little girl singer

Edward Peil, Sr.
Man raising curtain

Kay Sutton
Woman with Paul

Isabelle Keith
Woman in audience

Margaret Dumont
Woman in audience

Jim Toney
Man in hallway

Billie Lee
Chorine

Lorna Low
Chorine

Virginia Verrill
Jean Harlow's singing voice dub

Betty Halsey
Jean Harlow's dance double


Norman Krasna
Screenplay

Ted Shane
Screenplay

P. J. Wolfson
Screenplay

Edward Ward
Original Music

George J. Folsey
Photography

Margaret Booth
Film Editor

Cedric Gibbons
Art Director

Merrill Pye
Associate Art Director

Douglas Shearer
Recording Director

Victor Baravalle
Orchestra Conductor

Herbert Stothart
Synchronizer

Jack Virgil
Orchestrator

Edward Ward
Orchestrator

Paul Marquardt
Orchestrator

Wayne Allen
Orchestrator

Gus Kahn
Lyrics

Adrian
Gowns

Robert J. Bronner
Assistant Cameraman

Charles Lawton Jr.
Assistant Cameraman


















FAIR USE NOTICE: This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We make such material available in an effort to advance awareness and understanding of the issues involved. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information please visit: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission directly from the copyright owner.