The Perfect Snob

Dr. Mason (Charlie Ruggles) is a down to earth guy who loves dogs. His wife, Martha (Charlotte Greenwood) and daughter, Chris (Lynn Bari), on the other hand are snobs. They think Chris' path to happiness is marrying some rich guy and she soon becomes engages with a very old stick-in-the-mud (Alan Mowbray). Dr. Mason is not surprisingly upset and soon hires what he thinks is a gigolo (Cornel Wilde) to sweep Chris off her feet...and destroy her marriage plans to the rich sap. But what happens next is a bit of a surprise!

While I liked Wilde's character, I had a hard time believing a nice guy like him falling for Chris...a woman who is pretty awful considering her values. This is a bit of a weakness with the plot, as a snob doesn't make the best love interest in a movie. Fortunately, through the course of the story, Chris does seem to grow a bit and wasn't completely awful! Well worth seeing...mostly because the acting is so very good.