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I Can Get It for You Wholesale

  • 1951
  • Approved
  • 1h 31m
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6.7/10
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Susan Hayward, George Sanders, and Dan Dailey in I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951)
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A ruthless fashion designer steps on everyone in her way in order to reach the top of her profession. Eventually she is forced to choose between her ambition and the man she loves.A ruthless fashion designer steps on everyone in her way in order to reach the top of her profession. Eventually she is forced to choose between her ambition and the man she loves.A ruthless fashion designer steps on everyone in her way in order to reach the top of her profession. Eventually she is forced to choose between her ambition and the man she loves.

  • Director
    • Michael Gordon
  • Writers
    • Abraham Polonsky
    • Vera Caspary
    • Jerome Weidman
  • Stars
    • Susan Hayward
    • Dan Dailey
    • George Sanders
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    614
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Michael Gordon
    • Writers
      • Abraham Polonsky
      • Vera Caspary
      • Jerome Weidman
    • Stars
      • Susan Hayward
      • Dan Dailey
      • George Sanders
    • 14User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Susan Hayward
    Susan Hayward
    • Harriet Boyd
    Dan Dailey
    Dan Dailey
    • Teddy Sherman
    George Sanders
    George Sanders
    • J.F. Noble
    Sam Jaffe
    Sam Jaffe
    • Sam Cooper
    Randy Stuart
    Randy Stuart
    • Marge Boyd
    Marvin Kaplan
    Marvin Kaplan
    • Arnold Fisher
    Harry von Zell
    Harry von Zell
    • Savage
    Barbara Whiting
    Barbara Whiting
    • Ellen Cooper
    Vicki Cummings
    • Hermione Griggs
    Ross Elliott
    Ross Elliott
    • Ray
    Richard Lane
    Richard Lane
    • Kelley
    Mary Philips
    Mary Philips
    • Mrs. Boyd
    John Alban
    John Alban
    • Johnny
    • (uncredited)
    Shirlee Allard
    • Blonde
    • (uncredited)
    Benna Bard
    • Fran
    • (uncredited)
    David Bauer
    David Bauer
    • Ball Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Jeanne Beeks
    • Showroom Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Paul Bradley
    Paul Bradley
    • Ball Guest
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Michael Gordon
    • Writers
      • Abraham Polonsky
      • Vera Caspary
      • Jerome Weidman
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    7HotToastyRag

    Groundbreaking female ambition

    In full Susan Hayward splendor, Susan stars as a coarse, ambitious, tough broad determined to get ahead. She starts out as a model, but her talent and passion lies in fashion designing instead, so she recruits producer Sam Jaffe and salesman Dan Dailey to join her in an entrepreneurial adventure. The film shows the backstage world of fashion design: the backroom deals, numbers and money and business side to things rather than just the fluffy beautiful fabrics.

    How much is someone willing to sacrifice to achieve their dreams? Give up love, family, and ethics? Sell one's soul to the devil, fictionally represented by the ever-smooth George Sanders in the film. Susan Hayward is fantastic in her blind ambition; she's the perfect bad girl you hate to love. If you like Suzy, add this one to your list. I also really like the setting; countless Hollywood movies take place behind the scenes of a filmset, and not many showcase the same environment of the fashion world. It's really interesting, and groundbreaking to place a woman in such an ambitious role at that time.
    harry-76

    Deceiving Title

    This title at first sounded as though it might be a musical or at least a light comedy. But no, it's a quite potent drama, well scripted and engagingly played by a strong cast.

    Susan Hayward offers a staunch heroine, torn between strata extremes of the fashion industry, anchored by two men--both of whom have romantic leanings toward her.

    George Sanders is seen as the higher up of the two, and he's ideally cast. Few could bring off the cad type as well, and he plays it to the hilt here, as though relishing every moment.

    The other suitor character showcases the dramatic ability of Dan Dailey, noted for lighter fare. Dailey is quite convincing as Hayward's other love interest.

    That dependable character actor, Sam Jaffe, is just fine as Hayward's "conscious" and bridge between her callous ambition and fundamental simplicity.

    Not available on vhs or dvd, this film is occasionally shown on cable or satellite networks.
    8maryszd

    Great Look at a Vanished New York

    Susan plays Harriet Boyd, a ruthless model-turned-fashion designer determined to claw her way to the top on Seventh Avenue. It's a Joan Crawford-ish role, but Hayward acts the role with a real vulnerability that Crawford lacks. Part of the film is shot on location in the Garment District and it's an interesting look at postwar Manhattan and an industry that's long gone. Boyd is forced to choose romantically between scrappy salesman Teddy Sherman (Dan Daily) or the suave garment mogul J.B. Noble (George Sanders). Interestingly, considering the fact the film was made in 1951, all the women's clothing in the film seems a little dated. Hayward has a floppy (but charming) forties' hairdo. Dior introduced his New Look in 1947, but you'd never know it here. Even Boyd's role as a determined career woman was starting to look passé as women in the fifties were pressured to leave the workforce to open up jobs for unemployed veterans. I Can Get It For You Wholesale is a great period-piece and a well-acted and engrossing film.
    8kalendjay

    A Force of Evil Comes to 7th Ave.

    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.
    dougdoepke

    The Rag Business Exposed

    Hard to see anyone but the forceful Susan Hayward in the role of the lovely, but willful Harriet Boyd. Usually, it's men who get the blind ambition part. Not here. Instead, it's a woman dress designer in pursuit of riches and fame. Trouble is she's willing to sacrifice her two partners (Dailey and Jaffe) in the process. It's they, however, who help get her started by partnering-up in a little dress-making company. She's doubtless got talent as a designer, but they all work hard to get things off the ground. Now, however, she's willing to dump them and their business so she can join up with the king of the industry, the super-slick JF Noble (Sanders), and the big- time. Poor Teddy, he fell for her during their time together and thought it was mutual. Now, however, she's ready to transfer her affections as well as her talent. So how will all this turn out.

    It's a sometimes gritty screenplay from the blacklisted Abe Polonsky, Force of Evil (1948). I suspect he was thinking expose of big business and did the best he could for the time (1951). And catch that Hollywood ending which I suspect he and director Gordon finessed as best they could. Anyway, Hayward's fine in a basically unsympathetic role. Ditto Dailey as the sympathetic Ted, while movie vet Jaffee gets to be the reliable voice of reason, along with Marvin Kaplan as comedy relief. The film really benefits from the behind-the-scenes look at what some call the rag business. I especially like Ted's brief glad-handing sales tour of the South where he works up a smiling sweat.

    All in all, the 90-minutes is an entertaining character study and look inside a major industry, one that I suspect is still relevant.

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    • Trivia
      Lux Radio Theater broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on Monday, March 31st, 1952 with Susan Hayward and Dan Dailey reprising their film roles.
    • Quotes

      Teddy Sherman: To Harriet: You have the simple and astonishing beauty of an old fashion straight razor.

    • Connections
      Featured in Red Hollywood (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      Gwine to Rune All Night (De Camptown Races)
      (uncredited)

      Music by Stephen Foster

      Played when Teddy tours the South

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    • Release date
      • April 5, 1951 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Only the Best
    • Filming locations
      • 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 31m(91 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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