Forbidden Hollywood is a monthly series hosted by STL film critic Katie Carter celebrating the Pre-Code films of the early 1930s, when movies were wild, racy, transgressive, and tons of fun.

“So gentlemen prefer blondes, do they?” Jean Harlow trades in her iconic platinum blonde locks to play an exaggerated version of herself in MGM’s 1932 film Red-Headed Woman. As Lil Andrews, Harlow vamps and schemes her way from the working class into high society, but her brazenness that in other hands may have rendered her character unlikeable is tempered by her sparkling comedic flair. Still, Red-Headed Woman is considered one of the most deliciously sinful Pre-Code movies, not only for its many scenes of Harlow in various states of undress and juggling multiple extra-marital love affairs, but for its unrepentant ending, which refuses to make compromises in favor of conventional morality.

THEATER POLICIES

All seats are first-come, first-served.

The theater opens one hour prior to showtime, except for “Happy Hour” events when the theater will open at the event’s start time.

All ages are welcome at Arkadin except for Drinkolas Cage events, which are restricted to 21+. We follow the MPAA rating guidelines for all other films.

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