Fashion Model

Fashion Model is a 1945 American comedy mystery film directed by William Beaudine and starring Robert Lowery, Marjorie Weaver and Tim Ryan. The screenplay was written by Victor Hammond and Ryan.[1]

Fashion Model
Directed byWilliam Beaudine
Written byVictor Hammond and Tim Ryan
StarringRobert Lowery
Marjorie Weaver
Tim Ryan
CinematographyHarry Neumann
Edited byWilliam Austin
Dan Milner
Music byEdward J. Kay
Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • March 2, 1945 (1945-03-02)
Running time
61 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The film is considered the third in a series of Beaudine's films featuring a female detective following Detective Kitty O'Day (1944) and Adventures of Kitty O'Day (1944).[2][3]

The film premiered on March 2, 1945.[4]

Plot

When a prominent fashion model is murdered, a stockboy accused of the crime must clear his name, working with another model.

Cast

Reception

A contemporary review in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle concluded: "Fast-moving and well acted, the film provides pleasant diversion for one hour and one minute."[5]

References

  1. Calderin, Jay (1 December 2009). Form, Fit, Fashion. Rockport Publishers. p. 260. ISBN 978-1-61673-675-0.
  2. Gates, Philippa (2011). Detecting Women: Gender and the Hollywood Detective Film. SUNY Press. p. 159. ISBN 978-1-4384-3406-3.
  3. Langman, Larry; Finn, Daniel (1995). A guide to American crime films of the forties and fifties. Greenwood Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-313-29265-1.
  4. Rainey, Buck (1990). Those fabulous serial heroines: their lives and films. Scarecrow Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-8108-1911-5.
  5. Corby, Jane (1945-03-31). "'Fashion Model' Strand Mystery". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 14.


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