Monday, August 28, 2017

The French Line (1954)


THE FRENCH LINE  (1954)  
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    D: Lloyd Bacon
    Jane Russell, Gilbert Roland, Arthur Hunnictt,
    Mary McCarty, Craig Stevens, Steven Geray
A curvy Texas millionaire (Jane Russell) catches the boat to Paris, posing as a fashion model and catching the eye of a smooth-talking Lothario played by Gilbert Roland. An undistinguished musical produced by Howard Hughes and designed to cash in on Russell's most visible assets and her success in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" the previous year. The movie at the time was way too suggestive for the puritans at the Legion of Decency. They condemned it. See if you can figure out why.