Irene (1940) Anna Neagle, Ray Milland, Roland Young
Sent by her employers on an errand to the home of the wealthy Mrs. Vincent, Irene O Dare meets Don, a friend of Bob, Mrs. Vincent s son. Attracted to Irene, Don decides to invest some money in Bob s latest venture, the Madame Lucy dress shop, in order to give Irene a job there as a model. She is very successful and Bob also becomes attracted to her. Smith, the manager assigns Irene and other models to display gowns at Mrs. Vincent s charity ball, but Irene ruins the gown she was to wear, and appears instead in a quaint blue dress that had belonged to her and it is a big hit. A guest, Princess Minetti, places her as the niece of Ireland s Lady O Dare, and Irene does not deny the relationship. Smith decides to set her up in a Park Avenue suite as the niece of Lady O Dare, so that she can attend socially important gatherings wearing and displaying, of course, Madame Lucy gowns. A jealous model tells the truth to a newspaper columnist who writes an expose, which somewhat strains the relationship betwe
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