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Beauty For The Asking


Date: 1939
Type: Drama
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Glenn Tryon
Producer:

Comment/Synopsis

A woman (Lucille Ball) is dumped by her fiance when he falls for a very rich woman (Frieda Inescort) and marries her, so she decides to make a business from the face cream she has been developing, but the only person who will fund it is his new wife. This is a good film of a woman making herself a career and working with other womenwhilst taking a swipe at the cosmetics industry and society. It has Lucille Ball in a non-comedy role and there is good suppport from Inez Courtney as her friend.

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Production
RKO Radio Pictures