While in Hollywood in 1933 to film "The Prizefighter and the Lady" with Myrna Loy, he could often be found enjoying the view on the MGM Studio lot. "Hello Baby !" he hailed Joan Crawford, who stalked off in a huff. Undaunted, Baer accosted Jean Harlow "Are you free tonight ?" he asked. Apparently she was and their affair began. But Baer soon tired of Harlow`s intellect. "Too much brain work," griped Max. "I haven`t had to think so hard since I left high school." Max Jr. states "He was excited because she was Jean Harlow," but "the person she was in the press and the movies wasn`t her at all". He found her "boring" and began "ducking" her. "She`d sit in her car outside his house, so he`d slip out the back door and take off to Santa Barbara with Greta Garbo."