William Powell is a promoter with a non-existent code of ethics. Starting-out dress designer Bette Davis and general factotum Frank McHugh help him fake designer dresses for the New York rag trade, then it's on to Paris, where they expect to do the same for the Parisian couturiers.
Powell's last movie for Warner Brothers has the air of being cobbled together from a bunch of stuff that worked before -- Powell as a con man, Busby Berkeley production number -- yet it's all handled so smoothly under the direction of William Dieterle that I had a great time. Miss Davis demonstrates she can actually wear designer dresses -- according to the IMDb, she was on good behavior because she wanted the boss to lend her to RKO for OF HUMAN BONDAGE.
It's really a movie for Orry-Kelly to demonstrate his ability to design clothing in black and white, and he takes advantage of the opportunity. With Verree Teasdale, Hugh Herbert, and the inexplicable Reginald Owen.
Powell's last movie for Warner Brothers has the air of being cobbled together from a bunch of stuff that worked before -- Powell as a con man, Busby Berkeley production number -- yet it's all handled so smoothly under the direction of William Dieterle that I had a great time. Miss Davis demonstrates she can actually wear designer dresses -- according to the IMDb, she was on good behavior because she wanted the boss to lend her to RKO for OF HUMAN BONDAGE.
It's really a movie for Orry-Kelly to demonstrate his ability to design clothing in black and white, and he takes advantage of the opportunity. With Verree Teasdale, Hugh Herbert, and the inexplicable Reginald Owen.