A Tailor-Made Man

Story

Synopsis

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

Writers

Harry James Smith, Edgar Allan Woolf

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

28 March 1931

Ensemble

Cast

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  William Haines

  John Paul Bart

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  Dorothy Jordan

  Tanya

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  Joseph Cawthorn

  Huber

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  Marjorie Rambeau

  Kitty DuPuy

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  William Austin

  Jellicott

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  Ian Keith

  Dr. Gustav von Sonntag

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  Hedda Hopper

  Mrs. Stanslaw

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  Hale Hamilton

  Mr. Stanlaw

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  Henry Armetta

  Peter, Tailor

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  Walter Walker

  Abraham Nathan

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  Forrester Harvey

  Pomeroy

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  Joan Marsh

  Beanie