A Tailor Made Man

• Director: Sam Wood
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Main Cast: William Haines, Dorothy Jordan, Joseph Cawthorn, Marjorie Rambeau, William Austin
• Release Year: 1931
• Country: US
• Run Time: 77 minutes

Plot

Previously filmed in 1922, the 1917 stage farce The Impostor was reheated in 1931 as the William Haines vehicle A Tailor Made Man. Essaying his usual brash wisecracker, Haines plays John Paul Bart, a pants-presser who tries to crash High Society by borrowing the dress suit owned by millionaire Jellicott (William Austin). Thus garbed, he attends the weekend party held by socialite Mrs. Stanlaw (Hedda Hopper), doing his best to avoid the baleful eye of Jellicott, likewise a party guest. Through a combination of prevarication and chutzpa, Bart saves Jellicott's business from bankruptcy and also wins the heart of heroine Tanya (Dorothy Jordan). By 1931, William Haines could have done this sort of role in his sleep, which at times seemed to be the case. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• William Haines - John Paul Bart
• Dorothy Jordan - Tanya
• Joseph Cawthorn - Huber
• Marjorie Rambeau - Kitty DuPuy
• William Austin - Jellicott

Ian Keith - Dr. Von Sonntag; Hedda Hopper - Mrs. Stanlaw; Hale Hamilton - Mr. Stanlaw; Joan Marsh - Beanie; Martha Sleeper - Corrine; Henry Armetta - Peter; Forrester Harvey - Pomeroy; Walter Walker - Abraham Nathan

Credit

Cedric Gibbons - Art Director, Sam Wood - Director, George Hively - Editor, Alfred Gilks - Cinematographer, Edgar Allan Woolf - Screenwriter, Harry James Smith - Play Author