Figure 1.-- Here child prodigy Arnold James played by Desmond Tester meets the gangster trying bton elimanate the witness on a trahns-Atklantic flight. |
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The cast wears fauirly standard 2930s costuming. Desmond costuming for the Arnold role is interesting was dressed rather like the producers thought a child prodigy should look, even though he was an older teenagers at the time. Arnold wears a dark short pants suit and knee socks. It is true that some ptrodigies were dressed in short pants into their teens, in part to extend their careers as prodigies. e also wore a black cap and a overcoat with ornate fasteners. His white shirt had large collars. His hair was curly and he wore spectacles. Tester did not wear glasses. The glasses were added as part of the prodigy image. At the time kids were teased for wearfing glassess. Healthy strapping, althetic youth did not wear them. But they were seen as suitable for a boy interested in music.I'm not sure if these costume elements were a part of the film.
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