A Tailor-Made Man (1931)
John Paul Bart is just a pants-presser in a tailor's shop, but he has big ambitions. One night, he borrows the clothes of a wealthy client and bluffs his way into a high society party. After meeting wealthy businessman Abraham Nathan, John Paul quickly rises to the top of Nathan's company. Suffering during The Depression, John Paul helps Nathan save his company with a radical program of cooperative ownership between workers and management. Meanwhile, John Paul makes an enemy of Gustav, who is engaged to Tanya - the daughter of Mr. Huber, owner of the tailor shop. John Paul maintains a friendship with Tanya, provoking jealousy in Gustav. Gustav threatens to reveal John Paul's plain origins to Nathan, and John Paul briefly resigns from Nathan's company. However, John Paul's plan is a success, and Nathan hires him back immediately. Tanya leaves Gustav and ends up with John Paul.
Director: Sam Wood
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William Haines as John Paul Bart |
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Dorothy Jordan as Tanya |
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Joseph Cawthorn as Huber |
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Marjorie Rambeau as Kitty DuPuy |
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William Austin as Jellicott |
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Ian Keith as Dr. Gustav von Sonntag |
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Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Stanslaw |
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Hale Hamilton as Mr. Stanlaw |
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Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Stanlaw |
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Henry Armetta as Peter, Tailor |
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Walter Walker as Abraham Nathan |
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Forrester Harvey as Pomeroy |
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Joan Marsh as Beanie |
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Martha Sleeper as Corrine |
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Ann Dvorak as Bit (uncredited) |
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Hilda Vaughn as (uncredited) |
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Suzanne Wood as (uncredited) |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Editing | George Hively | Editor |
| Directing | Sam Wood | Director |
| Production | Sam Wood | Producer |
| Writing | Edgar Allan Woolf | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | René Hubert | Costume Design |
| Writing | Harry James Smith | Theatre Play |
| Camera | Alfred Gilks | Director of Photography |