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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.
Actors
Lucille BallLucille Ball
Patric Knowles
Donald WoodsDonald Woods
Frieda InescortFrieda Inescort
Inez CourtneyInez Courtney
Leona Maricle
Frances Mercer
Whitney BourneWhitney Bourne
George Beranger
Kay Sutton
Ann Evers

Oscars
None
Production
RKO Radio Pictures