Fashion Model is not a particularly good movie, but it gets a few novelty points by making its protagonist, Jimmy O’ Brien, a clumsy stock boy, rather than a hard nosed detective. Jimmy and his fashion model girlfriend, Peggy, work at Madame Celeste’s fashion store, and both of them are suspects in a murder investigation. It all begins when Jimmy finds the corpse of model, Yvonne, in a dumbwaiter; stumbling upon corpses proves to be a talent for Jimmy, as this happens three times in the movie. The police are notified and Jimmy is immediately the top suspect. It doesn’t help that Peggy resented Yvonne for trying to steal Jimmy away from her. To make matters worse, a security guard overheard Jimmy say that he was going to strangle Yvonne just so he and Peggy could be rid of her. Of course, the security guard failed to recognize the sarcasm in Jimmy’s voice – he only said to it to quiet down Peggy, who was berating him for talking to Yvonne. Jimmy’s luck gets worse as
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