Paris Model (1953)
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Paris Model is quickie producer Albert Zugsmith's answer to such multistoried films as Tales of Manhattan. Linking the four stories presented herein is a Paris-original gown, "Nude at Midnight." The gown is first purchased by "good bad girl" Gogo Montaine (Eva Gabor), who hopes to impress her date for the evening, the Maharajah of Kim-Kepore (Tom Conway, who happened to be Gabor's brother-in-law at the time, a fact that wasn't ignored in the film's publicity). Next, the gown is illegally copied in the U.S., leading to a major social gaffe involving secretary Betty Barnes (Paulette Goddard), her boss Edgar Blevins (Leif Erickson) and Blevins' wife Cora (Gloria Christian). Next, Marion Parmelee (Marilyn Maxwell) wears the gown to coerce her husband's boss (Cecil Kellaway) into giving hubby a promotion. And finally, Marta Jensen (Barbara Lawrence) dons the gown in hopes that her erstwhile beau Charlie Johnson (Robert Hutton) will pop the question. Tom Conway makes a return appearance in this final sequence, as does 1930s comedy favorite El Brendel and Hollywood restaurateur Prince Michael Romanoff. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Eva Gabor - Gogo Montaine
- Laurette Luez - Lisa
- Paulette Goddard - Betty Barnes
- Marilyn Maxwell - Marion Parmelee
- Florence Bates - Mrs. Nora Sullivan
- Byron Foulger - Ernest Boggs
- Robert Hutton - Charlie Johnson
- El Brendel - Papa Johnson
- Tom Conway - Maharajah of Kim-Kepore
- Aram Katcher - Louis-Jean Vacheron
- Leif Erickson - Edgar Blevins
- Cecil Kellaway - Patrick J. Sullivan
- Robert Bice - Jack Parmelee
- Barbara Lawrence - Marta Jensen
- Michael Romanoff - Himself
- Director(s):
- Alfred E. Green
- Writer(s):
- Robert Smith
- Producer(s):
- Albert Zugsmith
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