The Perfect Specimen (1937)Director:Michael Curtiz |
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The Perfect Specimen (1937)Director:Michael Curtiz |
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| Errol Flynn | ... |
Gerald Beresford Wicks
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| Joan Blondell | ... |
Mona Carter
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| Hugh Herbert | ... |
Killigrew Shaw
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| Edward Everett Horton | ... |
Mr. Grattan
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Dick Foran | ... |
Jink Carter
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| Beverly Roberts | ... |
Alicia Brackett
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| May Robson | ... |
Mrs. Leona Wicks
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| Allen Jenkins | ... |
Pinky
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Dennie Moore | ... |
Clarabelle
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Hugh O'Connell | ... |
Hotel Clerk
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James Burke | ... |
Constable Snodgrass
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Granville Bates | ... |
Hooker - Garage Owner
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| Harry Davenport | ... |
Carl Carter
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Tim Henning | ... |
Briggs
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Grace Bohanon |
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Gerald Wicks is being groomed by his dictatorial millionaire grandmother to be a responsible pater familias in total seclusion from the world, "a lily in a hothouse", he calls it. Then one day Mona, a tough-as-nails female reporter, comes crashing through the gates and before long Gerald takes off on his own to seek out his newfound friend and they set out to explore life together.
Admittedly, this is a very small film, and one that doesn't quite know how to hold itself together. The script is filled with loose ends and blind alleys, and a lot of the dialogue must have seemed dated even in 1937. Having said that, this movie boasts Joan Blondell and a very young Errol Flynn, and their easy banter is delightful. She never photographed this well ever again, and Flynn ... well, suffice it to say that the director makes the most of all his chances to have his strapping young star-to-be stripped to the waist, beefcake galore!
AND the movie has a handful of wonderfully quirky bit parts, not many of them exactly organically interwoven in the whole, but they are never less than entertaining.