The Girl From Jones Beach

"She's out of reach - that girl from Jones Beach."
- A bill collector: "Oh, can I give you a lift?"
- Donovan, despondently: "I'm gonna throw myself off the Brooklyn Bridge."
- Bill collector: "Oh, sorry, I'm going to the Bronx."

Not everyone can be a hit in Manhattan. Case in point, struggling talent agent Charles Patrick Donovan (Eddie Bracken) who copes with his nowhere career by threatening to kill himself every so often (but of course not following thru). Even his devoted girlfriend is getting tired of his act. Still, she points him to a possibly lucrative gig. New York's vitamin king intends to launch a television show and wants that elusive Randolph girl to be in it. If Donovan can land this magazine model, his get is 10% of $100,000.

Donovan mugs his way into the studio of commercial artist Bob Randolph (Ronald Reagan), and it turns out he's not the first agent to have tried to sign the Randolph girl to a contract. Bob Randolph firmly cuts off Donovan's sales pitch. Bob Randolph harbors a...

The Girl From Jones Beach is just fun
For fun and breezy pleasure, there is nothing not to like, either with the wonderfully unlikely plot or the solid cast. Circa 1949 was the lull after a long stretch of the Great Depression, World War 2, and America's entry into the war in Korea. As things stand today, a romp through an innocent series of events in the lives of three or four people is as beneficial as a weekend at a hot springs.



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