Paris Model (1953) DVD-R

Starring Marilyn Maxwell, Paulette Goddard, Eva Gabor, Barbara
Lawrence, Cecil Kellaway, Robert Hutton, Leif Erickson, Tom Conway
Directed by Alfred E. Green

Print: black/white
Runtime: 81 min.
Genre: comedy
Print Quality: B

The story of a dress and the effects it has on the women who wear it begs
the question of where is O.Henry when he is needed. "Nude at Midnight",
a new and daring Paris style creation is worn by Gogo Mantaine (Eva
Gabor, still trying to catch up with her sister Zsa Zsa) to try and ensnare
the Rajah of Kim-Kepore (Tom Conway) but he is attracted to Lisa
(Laurette Luez), the girl who modeled the dress. Marion Parmelee
(Marilyn Maxwell) dons the gown to charm her husband's retiring (as in
quitting) boss, Patrick James Sullivan (Cecil Kellaway), into letting her
husband, Jack Parmelee (Robert Bice) take over the business, but the
boss' wife Nora (Florence Bates), who really runs the business, has other
ideas. The same model dress is worn by Betty Barnes (Paulette Goddard),
in an effort to attract her boss, lawyer Edgar Blevins (Leif Erickson), who
is married to a dowdy wife, Cora (Gloria Christian), but the wife turns up
wearing the same dress. Marta Jensen (Barbara Lawrence) uses the
dress to inveigle her reluctant sweetheart, Charlie Johnson (Robert
Hutton) into a marriage proposal. Since she also attracts the Rajah, her
options expand.