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Jean Harlow’s Bombshell: Hollywood’s First Meta Film

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20th September 2026

Turner Classic MoviesHollywood being meta is almost as old as Hollywood itself. Considered the first non-stop meta film ever made, the screwball comedy Bombshell (1933) starring Jean Harlow was Hollywood inside baseball par excellence. From paying homage to Mae West, to sending up Hollywood press agent Scoop Conlon to referencing Harlow’s own career, this film was a trailblazer.

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