Models Inc. (film) explained

Models Inc.
Director:Reginald Le Borg
Producer:Bernard W. Burton
Hal E. Chester
Screenplay:Paul Yawitz
Harry Essex[1]
Story:Alyce Canfield
Starring:Howard Duff
Coleen Gray
John Howard
Music:Herschel Burke Gilbert[2]
Cinematography:Stanley Cortez[3]
Editing:Bernard W. Burton
Studio:Mutual Productions
Jack Dietz Productions
Distributor:Universal Pictures
Runtime:73 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Models Inc. (released in UK as That Kind of Girl) is a 1952 American film noir crime film directed by Reginald Le Borg and starring Howard Duff, Coleen Gray and John Howard. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst Fegté.The story concerns a corrupt modeling agency which serves as a front for a call-girl service.[4]

Plot

A young woman gets involved in a racket in which beautiful young models marry for money.[5]

Cast

Production

Models, Inc. was filmed at Mutual Pictures and produced by Hal E. Chester. Director Reginald LeBorg reported that shooting schedules at Mutual were generally “ten to twelve days” and budgets limited to about “$175,000.”[7]

Reception

New York Times film critic “A. W.” dismisses Models, Inc. as “a highly ineffectual little item.” When pimp Lennie Stone (Howard Duff) acknowledges to prostitute Rusty Faraday (Coleen Gray) that “We’re no good,” the reviewer welcomes the remark as a fair assessment of the movie.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Warren . Bill . Keep Watching the Skies!: American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties, The 21st Century Edition . 12 January 2017 . McFarland . 978-1-4766-2505-8 . 25 September 2024 . en.
  2. Book: McCarty . Clifford . Film Composers in America: A Filmography, 1911-1970 . 2000 . . 978-0-19-511473-7 . 112 . 25 September 2024 . en.
  3. Book: Monaco . James . The Encyclopedia of Film . 1991 . . 978-0-399-51604-7 . 131 . 25 September 2024 . en.
  4. Dixon, 1992 p. 32, p. 150: Directorial Credits, And p. 32: “...proved to be one of LeBorg’s more interesting films.”
  5. Dixon, 1992 p. 31: Plot sketch
  6. Book: Hannsberry . Karen Burroughs . Femme Noir: Bad Girls of Film . 26 October 2012 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-9159-9 . 25 September 2024 . en.
  7. Dixon, 1992 p. 106: See for April 8, 1988 interview with Dixon at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
  8. A.W. . ' Models, Inc.,' With Howard Duff and Coleen Gray, Opens at Palace -- 2 British Imports Shown . New York Times . May 26, 1952 .