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Models Inc.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byReginald Le Borg
Screenplay byPaul Yawitz
Harry Essex[1]
Story byAlyce Canfield
Produced byBernard W. Burton
Hal E. Chester
StarringHoward Duff
Coleen Gray
John Howard
CinematographyStanley Cortez[2]
Edited byBernard W. Burton
Music byHerschel Burke Gilbert[3]
Production
companies
Mutual Productions
Jack Dietz Productions
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • May 19, 1952 (1952-05-19) (San Francisco)
  • May 24, 1952 (1952-05-24) (New York City)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

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

Cast

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Production

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Warren, Bill (12 January 2017). Keep Watching the Skies!: American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties, The 21st Century Edition. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-2505-8. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  2. ^ Monaco, James (1991). The Encyclopedia of Film. Perigee Books. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-399-51604-7. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  3. ^ McCarty, Clifford (2000). Film Composers in America: A Filmography, 1911-1970. Oxford University Press. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-19-511473-7. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  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. ^ Hannsberry, Karen Burroughs (26 October 2012). Femme Noir: Bad Girls of Film. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-9159-9. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  7. ^ Dixon, 1992 p. 106: See for April 8, 1988 interview with Dixon at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
  8. ^ "A.W." (May 26, 1952). "' Models, Inc.,' With Howard Duff and Coleen Gray, Opens at Palace -- 2 British Imports Shown". New York Times.

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