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Paris Model
Paris Model
Directed by	Alfred E. Green
Screenplay by	Robert Smith
Story by	Robert Smith
Produced by	Albert Zugsmith
Starring	Marilyn Maxwell; Paulette Goddard; Eva Gabor; Barbara Lawrence;
Cinematography	William Bradford
Edited by	W. Donn Hayes
Music by	Albert Glasser
Production; company	American Pictures Company
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	November 10, 1953;
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Paris Model is a 1953 American comedy drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Marilyn Maxwell, Paulette Goddard, Eva Gabor and Barbara Lawrence.^[2] It is an anthology featuring four separate parts, each focused on one of the four actresses. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director William Glasgow.

Plot

A new dress plays a key role in the lives of four women who are not acquainted with each other. A daring strapless design, "Nude at Midnight," is unveiled in Paris to the delight of socialite Gogo Montaine, who wants to dazzle the Maharajah of Kim-Kepore, her escort that night. She charges its $900 cost to a former lover, Louis-Jean, who turns up later and refuses to pay. The Raj begins paying more attention to the gambling tables, so Gogo uses her dress and charms to get back into Louis-Jean's good graces.

A buyer from New York City has an underling copy the Paris dress's design and quickly manufactures a cheaper version of it. Betty Barnes, a secretary, spends $90 on one to impress her boss, attorney Edgar Blevins, hoping to woo him away from Cora, his wife. Cora eavesdrops on her at the dress shop. While her husband is admiring Betty in it, Cora turns up in exactly the same dress, diverting her husband's wandering eyes.

Marion Parmalee wants a promotion for her husband, whose boss P.J. Sullivan is retiring to Florida with his wife. At the retirement party, wearing a "Nude at Midnight" dress she bought for $59, Marion flirts with P.J., a bed manufacturer. When they get caught atop a bed together, P. J.'s wife instantly names another man at the party as her husband's successor.

In far-off Los Angeles, a 21st-birthday party and a desire for boyfriend Charlie to propose marriage to her motivate Marta Jensen into buying an eye-catching dress, "Nude at Midnight," a copy of which she finds on sale for $19. They have difficult getting a table at Michael Romanoff's popular restaurant, frustrating Charlie until he gets an eyeful of Marta in her gown. At a nearby table, also appreciating her beauty in this dress, sits the Maharajah of Kim-Kepore.

Cast

Marilyn Maxwell as Marion Parmalee
Paulette Goddard as Betty Barnes
Eva Gabor as Gogo Montaine
Barbara Lawrence as Marta Jensen
Cecil Kellaway as Patrick J. 'P.J.' Sullivan
Robert Hutton as Charlie Johnson
Leif Erickson as Edgar Blevins
Tom Conway as Maharajah of Kim-Kepore
Michael Romanoff as Prince Romanoff
Florence Bates as Mrs. Nora Sullivan
El Brendel as Papa Jensen
Laurette Luez as Lisa Jones
Robert Bice as Jack Parmalee
Aram Katcher as Louis-Jean Vacheron
Gloria Christian as Cora Blevins
Byron Foulger as Ernest Boggs
Bibs Borman as Berta Courtallez
Renny McEvoy as Johnny Granville
Eugene Borden as Armand - Headwaiter
Gloria Pall as Credits Girl
Diana Darrin as Gambling Patron

References

^ Flynn, Charles; McCarthy, Todd (1975). "Albert Zugmsith". In Flynn, Charles; McCarthy, Todd (eds.). Kings of the Bs : working within the Hollywood system : an anthology of film history and criticism. E. P. Dutton. p. 414.
^ Wojcik p.235