Tall, Dark and Handsome

The account is set in Chicago in 1928. Shep Morrison is a well known man in the city. Those around him take him for a ruthless sort. In fact he cannot bring himself to harm anyone. He will not even kill his rival’s men. He keeps them in the basement of his house. One day he sees a woman called Judy. She is minding children while their mothers shop. Shep decides she must love children. On the strength of that he says he has a son. He finds a boy to play the part. He takes on a housekeeper as well. He has to keep building the lie. Meanwhile his rival is not idle. Cesar Romero and Virginia Gilmore take the leads, with Charlotte Greenwood and Milton Berle also in the cast, in H. Bruce Humberstone’s American film of 1941.