Thursday, August 27, 2020

Wednesday, August 26 - The Girl from Jones Beach

The Girl from Jones Beach (1949)

Struggling talent agent Chuck Donovan (Eddie Bracken) hopes to revitalize his business by discovering and publicizing the secret identity of the model used for the famous "Randolph Girl," drawn by Bob Randolph (Ronald Reagan). Questioning Bob, Chuck learns with dismay that the artist had blended the images of 12 separate models to create the drawing. Despondent, Chuck visits Jones Beach, where he spots Ruth Wilson (Virginia Mayo), a teacher who's the spitting image of the Randolph Girl.

Glamour artist Bob Randolph is world famous for his paintings of a stunning beauty dubbed "The Randolph Girl". What the world doesn't know is that his pin-up creation is really a composite of parts of the anatomy of 12 different models. In an effort to find one girl who possesses all the proper physical attributes, Randolph and PR man Chuck Donovan pursue Ruth Wilson, a beauteous schoolteacher who prefers to be admired for her brain rather than her curves. Ruth changes her tune, however, when a published photo of her in a swimsuit causes her to be fired by the uptight schoolboard. She sues for reinstatement and in the process learns that swimsuits and sex appeal do have a place in her world, after all.

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