In these five sumptuous vignettes set for the most part in New York, the black formal coat is the only linking device. We first come across the coat in short noir about a matinee idol (Charles Boyer) embroiled in a love triangle with a callous woman (Rita Hayworth) and her sadistic husband. The second is a comical tale starring Ginger Rogers, Cesar Romero and Henry Fonda about a love cheat and his best friend. The third is a tearjerker with Charles Laughton as an amateur musician yearning to.
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Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers and Henry Fonda lead the cast in this series of short vignettes linked by the involvement of a supposedly cursed black formal coat in each. There are five vignettes in all. In the first, actor Paul Orman (Boyer) becomes involved with the malicious Ethel Halloway (Hayworth). The second also features a love entanglement, with Rogers, Fonda and Cesar Romero playing the leading roles. In the third, Charles Laughton plays an amateur musician who dreams of bigger things. The fourth follows struggling lawyer Avery Browne (Edward G. Robinson) as he attends a high school reunion, while the last segment stars Paul Robeson.
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