Mannequin is a 1933 British drama film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Harold French, Judy Kelly and Diana Beaumont. It was written by Charles Bennnet. Produced as a quota quickie, it was released by the American distributor RKO.
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Synopsis
A boxer leaves his true love for another woman but ultimately returns to her.
Cast
Harold French as Peter Tattersall
Judy Kelly as Heather Trent
Diana Beaumont as Lady Diana Savage
Whitmore Humphreys as Billy Armstrong (as Whitmore Humphries)
Richard Cooper as Lord Bunny Carstairs
Ben Welden as Chris Dempson
Faith Bennett as Queenie
Vera Bogetti as Nancy
Anna Lee as Babette
William Pardue as Armstrong's trainer
Carol Lees as Binkie
Toni Edgar-Bruce as Mrs. Mannering
Production
The film was made at Twickenham Studios in London with sets designed by the art director James A. Carter.
Reception
Picturegoer wrote: "In spite of some imaginative and well-detailed direction, this hackneyed story of a prize-fighter whose career is ruined by a society vamp fails to convince or hold the interest to any extent. Diana Beaumont is fair as the vamp, but Whitemore Humphreys is weak as the boxer, as is Harold French as a young millionaire to whom the boxer's erstwhile fiancée had turned when the latter had become infatuated. Judy Kelly is quite attractive as the ingenuous fiancée."
The Daily Film Renter wrote: "Indifferent direction fails to invest plot with any conviction, while boxing interludes are likely to evoke ridicule from patrons with rudimentary knowledge of fistics. Interesting "backstage" shots of fashionable dress salon, and Judy Kelly's heroine are main points of appeal. For uncritical patrons only."