Beauty for the Asking (1939)
- Starring:
- Lucille Ball, Patric Knowles, (more)
- Director(s):
- Glenn Tryon, B.F. Fineman, (more
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Synopsis of Beauty for the Asking
According to RKO Radio's publicity folks, Beauty for the Asking was supposed to have been an expose of the lucrative beauty-parlor "racket". What emerged on screen, however, was a pedestrian romantic triangle involving socialite Denny Williams (Patric Knowles), his wealthy wife Flora (Frieda Inescort), and pretty beautician Jean Russell (Lucille Ball). Spurned by Williams, Jean finds consolation by developing a revolutionary facial cream that makes her a millionairess. Ironically, her financial backer in this endeavor is none other than her romantic rival Flora. Among the screenwriters was Paul Jarrico, later blacklisted for his allegedly Communistic sentiments; the only thing remotely radical in Beauty for the Asking, however, is the notion that 28-year-old Lucille Ball could play a cosmetic tycoon. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Beauty for the Asking
- Lucille Ball - Jean Russell
- Donald Woods - Jeffrey Martin
- Inez Courtney - Gwen Morrison
- Frances Mercer - Patricia Wharton
- Ann Evers - Lois Peabody
- Kay Sutton
- Patric Knowles - Denny Williams
- Frieda Inescort - Flora Barton-Williams
- Leona Maricle - Eva Harrington
- Whitney Bourne - Peggy Ponsby
- George Andre Beranger - Cyril
- Director(s):
- B.F. Fineman, Glenn Tryon
- Writer(s):
- Doris Anderson, Paul Jarrico
- Producer(s):
- B.P. Fineman, B.F. Fineman
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