I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951)
I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951)
DVDRip | AVI | 624 x 480 | XviD @ 948 Kbps | English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | 89 min | 776 Mb
Genre: Drama
DVDRip | AVI | 624 x 480 | XviD @ 948 Kbps | English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | 89 min | 776 Mb
Genre: Drama
A fashion model with a keen business sense, Harriet Boyd (Susan Hayward) leaves the firm she works for and starts her own dressmaking business. Her drive for success eventually encompasses all aspects of her life. With her take-no-prisoners attitude, she sullies nearly all her personal and professional relationships in her quest for success before realizing that fame and fortune may not be worth giving up everything else in her life – especially Teddy Sherman (Dan Dailey), the man she loves.
This is an Abraham Polonsky film and a rare social documentary of the kind that was essentially out of business by the early 60's. The original novel had a male protagonist but was changed to suit 'women's picture' zeitgeist. But if you look carefully, the script is a very strong echo of "Force of Evil" by Polonsky.
In addition to some crucial taxicab courtship banter common to both films, designed to 'disarm' both John Garfield and Dan Dailey before their love interests (the car was even picked up in "On the Waterfront" to show actual desperation between the Brando and Steiger characters)you have tough males depicted as ambitious but morally uneducated instrumentalities; a background of "law of the jungle" capitalism governed by arcane insider rules (respectively bookmaking and garment manufacturing); industrial consolidation as an ominous force (neighborhood bookmaking subsumed under a legalized crime syndicate,dressmaking bought out by a big name)and industrialists with independent capitalist streaks (Thomas Gomez, Sam Jaffe).
It is amazing how Susan Hayward found films to echo some aspect of her life. She really was skilled in visual art, modeling, and had a family of Irish vaudeville types (echoed by Dailey).We were confused by the handling of the love interest. Could such an ambitious dame have found real love with anyone? And Teddy is not a lothario == just a penniless farceur who needed education and some control over his temper (a point almost entirely missed, but in real life such fisticuffs were a way to win Hayward's respect). Anyway, a rather juicy film to savor.IMDB Reviewer
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I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951)
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