RARE SIGNED LP Carroll Baker 'Harlow' soundtrack
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This album came from the private collection of a national entertainment correspondent. Carroll Baker signed the cover during their radio interview in Hollywood.
"Harlow" was a 1965 American biographical drama film directed by Gordon Douglas about the life of film star Jean Harlow. It starred Carroll Baker in the titular role with Raf Vallone, Red Buttons, Angela Lansbury, Peter Lawford, Mike Connors, Martin Balsam and Leslie Nielsen in supporting roles.
The concept of depicting screen siren Jean Harlow on film had originated in the 1950s. Many actresses were reported to have been cast as Harlow in different biopics, including Jayne Mansfield for 20th Century Fox, but the project fell through. In 1962, Fox announced that Marilyn Monroe would play Harlow in a lavish biopic under her new contract. However, after Monroe's death, the project was sold to Paramount, who cast Carroll Baker in the role.
Based in part on Irving Shulman's pulp biography 'Harlow: An Intimate Biography', Paramount's film is a melodramatic look at Harlow's life, focusing on her failed marriages. The previous year, Carroll Baker had played a fictionalized version of Harlow in the smash-hit film "The Carpetbaggers" starring George Peppard and Alan Ladd.
"Harlow" turned out to be a commercial failure but the soundtrack was immensely popular and launched the hit song "Girl Talk" which was recorded by many artists including Tony Bennett.
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