It was during the filming of Libeled Lady that the gorgeous blonde bombshell actress born Harlean Harlow Carpenter legally changed her name to Jean Harlow.

Famous Quotes from LIBELED LADY

"Take it easy, will you? That's the owner of the paper."
"I don't care who he is. Nobody talks to me like a house detective!"
"How do you know how a house detective talks?"
"Don't you think I read?"
-- Warren Haggerty (Spencer Tracy) and his fiancée Gladys (Jean Harlow) at the newspaper office

"Warren Haggerty. From Brooklyn to Bombay, a stab in the back spells 'Haggerty.'"
-- Bill Chandler (William Powell) to Haggerty
"Now get this, Chandler. I didn't knife you."
"You only tried to."
-- Haggerty and Bill Chandler

"Who does she think she is?"
"Just one of the richest girls in America."
"Yes, I know all about her. Title-crazy, with a fat-headed old father to buy her in and out. America's international playgirl. That's her rep. And she thinks it's worth $5 million. When I get through with her, she'll take five cents."
-- Bill and Haggerty, talking about Connie Allenbury (Myrna Loy)

"You can't do this to me, Warren Haggerty! Not to me! Let me out of here. For two years you've had me on a merry-go-round waiting for that gold ring, but this is where I get off and stay off!"
-- Gladys, to Haggerty

"So, you fished Gluckman's Point? Well, you're an angler alright!"
"I should say Mr. Chandler's quite an angler."
-- Mr. Allenbury (Walter Connolly), and Connie, in reference to Bill's claim of having superior fishing skills

"So, the Burns-Norvells told you."
"It gave me a new light on you. Who is this marvel, I said. Florence Nightingale? Jeanne d'Arc? What has she done to earn such a precious reputation? Found a cure for death and taxes?"
-- Connie and Bill

"There's only one hitch."
"Hitch?"
"Fish."
"Fish?"
"Fish. I've told him fish stories that would curl your hair, and I've never even had a rod in my hand."
-- Bill and Haggerty

"What a lady-killer you are! One look at you and the gal disappears."
"Say, don't worry. Rome wasn't built in a day."
"It didn't cost $5 million, either!"
-- Haggerty and Bill

"You'd make your crippled grandmother do a fan dance for that paper."
-- Gladys, to Haggerty

"She may be his wife, but she's engaged to me!"
-- Haggerty, referring to Gladys

"I'm going to wash up the Allenbury case and Mr. William Chandler with it. Gladys may be eating out of his hand now, but before I get through, she'll be biting it!"
-- Haggerty

Compiled by Andrea Passafiume