Martha Mason, the mother of Chris Mason, a young college graduate, wants the best for her daughter. Martha is a woman who is dazzled for the kind of life she can't have. That's why she decides to interest her daughter in an aging society bore, Freddy Browning, thinking he will be her girl's ticket for the high life. Like all ambitious mothers, she has invented a fictitious persona for herself and her husband Edgar, a veterinarian, who she passes to Freddy as a psychiatrist!
Edgar follows his family into Honolulu, at the spurt of the moment. He wants to engage a young man, Mike Lord, whom he meets one day at a pier, to impersonate a rich playboy and steal Chris away from Freddy. Little does Edgar know that Mike Lord is in reality a rich man with extensive holdings in the islands. Thus the fun and games begin.
"The Perfect Snob" is a delightful Twentieth Century 1941 film, directed by Ray McCarey, with good pacing. The cast is the main excuse to see the picture. Charles Ruggles and Charlotte Greenwood, were an inspired choice to play the older Masons. Lynn Bari and Cornel Wilde, are Chris and Mike, destined to love one another. Anthony Quinn has a small role as Mike's friend. Allan Mowbray is seen as the befuddled Freddy.
Watch it next time it shows on cable.
Edgar follows his family into Honolulu, at the spurt of the moment. He wants to engage a young man, Mike Lord, whom he meets one day at a pier, to impersonate a rich playboy and steal Chris away from Freddy. Little does Edgar know that Mike Lord is in reality a rich man with extensive holdings in the islands. Thus the fun and games begin.
"The Perfect Snob" is a delightful Twentieth Century 1941 film, directed by Ray McCarey, with good pacing. The cast is the main excuse to see the picture. Charles Ruggles and Charlotte Greenwood, were an inspired choice to play the older Masons. Lynn Bari and Cornel Wilde, are Chris and Mike, destined to love one another. Anthony Quinn has a small role as Mike's friend. Allan Mowbray is seen as the befuddled Freddy.
Watch it next time it shows on cable.