Piernas de seda - Cast

Piernas de seda (1935)
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80 min | Comedy, Romance

Piernas de seda (1935)

Approved

80 min | Comedy, Romance

When singer Frank Alton is late for work at a radio station in New York, Conroy, the manager, fires him. Without Frank on the program, Ninón Silk Stockings, the show's sponsor, begins to lose sales. The president of the company, John ...See moreWhen singer Frank Alton is late for work at a radio station in New York, Conroy, the manager, fires him. Without Frank on the program, Ninón Silk Stockings, the show's sponsor, begins to lose sales. The president of the company, John Baxter, and his bored daughter Lolita, are then dismayed to learn that Frank has begun to work for their competitor, Bon Soir Stockings. After learning that Frank is stealing their customers, Lolita convinces her father and his associates, who do not believe that women can do "men's" work, to let her sell stockings. Using the name of Mary Smith, Lolita makes an appointment with Mr. Morán, one of Frank's customers, and then sells him 150 gross of stockings. Discovering that he is being undermined, Frank determines to win his next sale with a man named Fishback, whom he meets for dinner. At the restaurant, Fishback confesses that women are his weakness and eyes "Mary" from across the room. Not realizing that she is the salesperson who stole his customer, Frank enlists her help. When Fishback places his order for 300 gross, Lolita uses the Ninón order form without Frank's knowledge. After this second failure, Frank travels to Pottsville, where his customer, Mr. Brown, meets him at the station to tell him that he's already signed an order for Ninón stockings. At an inn in Pottsville, Frank meets Lolita, still in the guise of Mary, and having caught on to the fact that she is stealing his trade, gives her a list of the customers he's planning to see and challenges her to steal them away. The next morning on the train, Frank dresses up like the porter and tricks Lolita into getting off at the wrong stop. When Frank jokingly tells the conductor about the ruse, the conductor places him under arrest. Lolita gets Frank out of jail and tells him that the customer he has come to see, Mr. Evans, is out of town. They decide to declare a truce, and Lolita suggests that they take the rest of the afternoon off. They drive to an isolated spot for a picnic, and when Frank makes a pass at Lolita, she breaks their agreement by returning to the city and leaving him stranded. At Ninón headquarters, Baxter slights Conroy as they plan for the upcoming Annual Stocking Show. At the show, Frank flaunts his new advertising slogan, "Follow me -- I won't run," which he has printed on buttons. In the Ninón dressing room, Conroy, to sabotage Lolita, takes one of Frank's buttons and rips holes in the Ninón stockings. When the models appear in ripped hose, the audience is aghast. Next, Frank sings a song for Bon Soir Stockings and sends his models out into the audience for orders. Lolita stops Fishback as he is about to place an order and, after telling the customers that the runs in Ninón's hosiery were the work of a diabolical competitor, demonstrates their resilience. After the customers flock to buy from Lolita, Frank's boss, who believes that he sabotaged the Ninón show, fires him. Frank then visits Lolita at her home and still unaware of her true identity, mistakenly thinks that Baxter, her father, is making sexual advances toward her. Frank hits Baxter in the face, and after the misunderstanding is cleared up, Frank explains that Conroy ruined the show. Baxter then agrees to rehire Frank, while he and Lolita plan their wedding. See less

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22 cast members

Name	Known for
Rosita Moreno Lolita Baxter aka Mary Smith Lolita Baxter aka Mary Smith See fewer	El último varon sobre la Tierra (1933)
Raul Roulien Frank Alton Frank Alton See fewer	El último varon sobre la Tierra (1933)
Enrique de Rosas John Baxter John Baxter See fewer	Hermanos (1941)
Francisco Moreno Conroy (as Paco Moreno) Conroy (as Paco Moreno) See fewer	El Dios del mar (1930)
Romualdo Tirado Fishback Fishback See fewer	De México a Los Angeles (1921)
Manuel Peluffo Enrique Enrique See fewer	Alma llanera (1945)
Rodolfo Hoyos Lloyd Lloyd See fewer	Carne de cabaret (1931)
Manuel París Moran Moran See fewer	Cuando el amor ríe (1930)
Antonio Vidal Brown Brown See fewer	La llama sagrada (1931)
Rosita Granada Secretaria Secretaria See fewer	Marido y mujer (1932)
Martin Garralaga Evans Evans See fewer	What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969)
José Peña Actor Actor See fewer	La vida bohemia (1938)
Esther Brodelet Ballerina (uncredited) Ballerina (uncredited) See fewer	Mexicana (1945)
Donald Brown Minor Role (uncredited) Minor Role (uncredited) See fewer
Dixie Dean Ballerina (uncredited) Ballerina (uncredited) See fewer	The Ranch of the Hoodoos (1926)
Dorothy Dearing Dancer (uncredited) Dancer (uncredited) See fewer	Girl in 313 (1940)
Florine Dickson Dancer (uncredited) Dancer (uncredited) See fewer
Rita Hayworth Ballerina (uncredited) Ballerina (uncredited) See fewer	Gilda (1946)
Philippa Hilber Ballerina (uncredited) Ballerina (uncredited) See fewer
Lucille Miller Ballerina (uncredited) Ballerina (uncredited) See fewer	Charlie Chan's Courage (1934)
Hoit Porter Minor Role (uncredited) Minor Role (uncredited) See fewer
Anita Thompson Dancer (uncredited) Dancer (uncredited) See fewer