Pretty Baby

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A working girl rises in an ad agency after impressing a baby-food client with her lifelike dolls.A working girl rises in an ad agency after impressing a baby-food client with her lifelike dolls.A working girl rises in an ad agency after impressing a baby-food client with her lifelike dolls.

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Dennis Morgan

Sam Morley

Betsy Drake

Patsy Douglas

Zachary Scott

Barry Holmes

Edmund Gwenn

Cyrus Baxter

William Frawley

Corcoran

Raymond Roe

Sidney

Ransom M. Sherman

Powers
(as Ransom Sherman)

Sheila MacRae

Peggy
(as Sheila Stephens)

Eleanor Audley

Miss Brindel

George Chandler

Henderson

Barbara Billingsley

Edna the Receptionist

Fred Aldrich

Train Passenger
(uncredited)

John Alvin

Danny
(uncredited)

Carl Andre

Subway Commuter
(uncredited)

Mary Bayless

Club Patron
(uncredited)

Rodney Bell

Traffic Cop
(uncredited)

Edward Biby

Passerby
(uncredited)

Arline Bletcher

Passerby
(uncredited)

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Trivia
The stack of baby photos which they sort through includes one used in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) eight years earlier.

Goofs
Almost an hour in, as Zachary Scott is convincing Betsy Drake to present Sam's campaign to Cyrus Baxter, he leads her out of the office door, saying, "Now remember, Patsy, the code of the firm..." As Sam's office door closes, at the top of the door can be seen the very bright studio lights that were used to light the scene before."

Quotes
Caravan Club Waiter: [at the Caravan Club Morley is at the table while Holmes dances with Patsy] Fresh drink, sir?
Sam Morley: Yes, a double. And, waiter...
[takes out some money]
Sam Morley: here's ten dollars for your trouble. Go to the dance floor and tell Mr. Holmes he's wanted on the phone.
Caravan Club Waiter: Sorry, sir. Mr. Holmes gave me twenty dollars *not* to call him to the phone. Anything else, sir?
Sam Morley: [puts money back] A sharp knife.

Connections
Referenced in I Love Lucy: The Fashion Show (1955)

Soundtracks
Pretty Baby
(uncredited)
Music by Egbert Van Alstyne and Tony Jackson
Lyrics by Gus Kahn
Played during the opening credits and occasionally in the score
Sung by Dennis Morgan

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Featured review

6/10

completely bonkers

Sam Morley loses his secretary Peggy to marriage. Patsy Douglas (Betsy Drake) is a horribly clumsy replacement. The 22 year old gets sent back down. She takes a doll pretending to be her baby to get a seat on the subway. Her advertising agency's biggest client ruthless Cyrus Baxter (Edmund Gwenn) happens to be riding on the train next to her. Patsy claims to have named the baby Cyrus after Baxter while Baxter pretends to be nightwatchman Smith. Baxter is so taken with the story that upon learning it, Sam and Barry Holmes quickly give the recently-fired Patsy a raise. Confusion reigns.

Patsy is such a weird character. Betsy Drake doesn't seem like a comedian to pull it off but her natural sincerity really sets this off. She may have gotten the job due to her husband Cary Grant but she's actually weirdly funny in her unreal antics. The confusion is worthy of the craziest screwball comedies. The romance is a little stuck on. If only Cary Grant joined his wife. That part is a little clunky.