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Director:
Peter Godfrey
Writers:
Allen Boretz (story)
I.A.L. Diamond (writer)
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Release Date:
16 July 1949 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
Glamour artist Bob Randolph is world famous for his paintings of a stunning beauty dubbed "The Randolph Girl"... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Gently sexist film with ramifications today more (6 total)
US TV Schedule:
Mon. Nov. 3012:00 PMTCM   

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Ronald Reagan ... Bob Randolph (Robert Venerik)

Virginia Mayo ... Ruth Wilson
Eddie Bracken ... Chuck Donovan
Dona Drake ... Connie Martin
Henry Travers ... Judge Bullfinch
Lois Wilson ... Mrs. Wilson
Florence Bates ... Miss Emma Shoemaker
Jerome Cowan ... Mr. Graves, Attorney
Helen Westcott ... Miss Brooks
Paul Harvey ... Jim Townsend
Lloyd Corrigan ... Mr. Evergood

Gary Gray ... Woody Wilson
Myrna Dell ... Lorraine Scott
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Dolores Castle ... Member of Samba Team
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
78 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl
Company:
Warner Bros. Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Henry Travers' last film. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Bob is in a boat and spots Ruth through binoculars. The shots of the boat show that it is rolling in very heavy waves. When the camera switches to show Ruth as seen through the binoculars, the rolling motion completely disappears. more
Movie Connections:
References Gone with the Wind (1939) more
Soundtrack:
I Know That You Know more

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4 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
Gently sexist film with ramifications today, 8 July 2000
Author: Ljack (jgsimcoe@hotmail.com) from York, Pa.

This film was a pleasant diversion one afternoon that I only watched cuz it had Ronald Reagan in it. Hey, he was president after all!

The film was actually pretty boring with no real laughs in it, but it did get me thinking.

First off, I it was kind of sexist, cuz it's about a photographer who has to put together the "perfect girl" with the photographed body parts of several other girls. Apparently photo manipulation was really, really easy before computers, because this "girl" became an immediate pin-up hit. I guess people of the 40s can overlook the varying skin-tones or the Frankenstein-like super-imposing lines that would've appeared between the "sexy" body parts. But hey, it's a comedy, anything goes!

Anyway, as "the girl" becomes more of a hit, Ronnie and his cohort have to dodge the constant barrage of attention from the original 12 models because they want to be just like "the girl." That's what makes the movie so sexist, these girls try to be something they can't be -- perfect.

It's not a terribly good message, although as a comedy it works well enough and doesn't have the sinister aspects it could have.

It would be interesting to see a remake. It's just as relevant today, thanks to the Internet/computer photo manipulation aspect. And we could even see a little screwball comedy, which the original didn't have, as all the models try to latch on to the photographer who becomes "hot" thanks to photo manipulations that they helped to create.

Or the remake could be a horror film. Now that would be really sinister.

7/9/00

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