A Tailor-Made Man

A Tailor-Made Man

He was a Beau Brummel in 'Borrowed' Clothes!

NR 1931 · 81 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy

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.

Directed by Sam Wood · Written by Edgar Allan Woolf

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William Haines John Paul Bart
Dorothy Jordan Tanya
Joseph Cawthorn Huber
Marjorie Rambeau Kitty DuPuy
William Austin Jellicott
Ian Keith Dr. Gustav von Sonntag
Hedda Hopper Mrs. Stanslaw
Hale Hamilton Mr. Stanlaw
Hedda Hopper Mrs. Stanlaw
Henry Armetta Peter, Tailor
Walter Walker Abraham Nathan
Forrester Harvey Pomeroy

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