Eva Gabor and Tom Conway |
Four women who pick out a fancy dress -- a "Paris model" or a cheaper copy of it -- want to wow their men but wind up getting their comeuppance, except in the last instance. Gogo (Eva Gabor) hopes to hook the wealthy Maharajah of Kim-Kepore (Tom Conway) but her billing the dress to another man may cause a problem -- not to mention the appearance of a gorgeous brunette (Laurette Luez). Betty Barnes (Paulette Goddard) is in love with her boss (Leif Erickson), but his wife, Cora (Gloria Christian), may out-do the grasping secretary in the fancy dress sweepstakes. Marion Parmalee (Marilyn Maxwell) pulls out all of the stops with her husband's flirty boss Sullivan (Cecil Kellaway) in the hopes of getting hubby (Robert Bice of Invasion U.S.A.) the new presidency when the boss retires, but she doesn't reckon with Sullivan's formidable wife (Florence Bates). Marta (Barbara Lawrence) hopes that boyfriend Charlie (Robert Hutton) will propose to her for her 21st birthday dinner at Romanoff's and she may get a little help from "prince" Michael Romanoff [Arch of Triumph] himself.
Secretary vs wife: Paulette Goddard and Gloria Christian |
Verdict: More fun than you first imagine it will be. ***.
2 comments:
I love your review, probably far more than I would the movie itself! Your description of Eva Gabor made me laugh out loud...she really was a kook and her role in Green Acres years later was perfect casting. Miss Goddard is another forgotten star...so beautiful and talented. if she had won the role of Scarlett, it would have changed the trajectory of her career.
- Chris
You are undoubtedly correct on that. Eva Gabor was a trip and Zsa Zsa was even stranger. You're right that Eva was perfect for "Green Acres," but she couldn't hold a candle to Arnold Ziffle, the pig (decades before "Babe.")
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