Gossip Friday: Miss Harlow and Mr. Taylor

In salute of Jean Harlow, here’s some scoop about her from the set of one of her last films, “Personal Property”:

The reported “romance” between Jean Harlow and Bob Taylor was a custom-built item direct from their studio. It was a perfect set-up, what with Jean and Bob typifying all that’s tremendous and colassal in sex appeal, adn what with the two fo them co-starring in “Personal Property.” We snooped around the set for several days just to make sure and we regret to report that all of the necking was right there in the script.

When “Personal Property” finished shooting, Jean Harlow dragged out the festive board and tossed a party on the set for the cast and crew. It was a swell conglomeration of prop boys, electricians and stars. They really weren’t very well acquanited either, since Director W.S. Van Dyke had shot the entire picture in fourteen days. [Our magazine reporters] were there because we happened to be there, and the other outside guest was a Mr. Powell, who had dropped in from the adjoining “Last of Mrs. Cheyney” set. Mr. P. proudly displayed a fancy leather topcoat,a gift from the hostess. And Bob Taylor was there without even a leather vest–so how could there be a romance?

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Some rare shots of Jean on the set of “Personal Property”: