Beauty for the Asking (1939)
1h 8m
Running Time
February 24, 1939Release Date
Beauty for the Asking (1939)
1h 8m
Running Time
February 24, 1939Release Date
Plot.
Denny breaks up with his fiancée Jean to marries wealthy Flora. When Jean is fired from her job she decides to market the face cream she invented. After sending it to twelve rich woman, only Flora decides to invest in the business. As Denny has no job, the girls give him an office at the factory. The business takes off, but Jean finds that she is still in love with Denny and Denny seems to forget he is married to Flora.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Lucille Ball
Jean Russell
Patric Knowles
Denny Williams
Donald Woods
Jeffrey Martin
Frieda Inescort
Flora Barton-Williams
Inez Courtney
Gwen Morrison
Leona Maricle
Eve Harrington
Frances Mercer
Patricia Wharton
Whitney Bourne
Peggy Ponsby
George Beranger
Cyril
Adele Buffington
Writer
Ann Evers
Lois Peabody
Kay Sutton
Miss Whitman
Glenn Tryon
Director
Leon Belasco
Beauty Shop Owner (uncredited)
Doris Anderson
Writer
Sayre Dearing
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Paul Jarrico
Writer
Harold Miller
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Edmund L. Hartmann
Writer
Leonard Carey
Peters (uncredited)
Grace Norton
Writer
Charles Coleman
Mrs. Harrington's Butler (uncredited)
B.P. Fineman
Producer
George Ford
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
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Beauty for the Asking is a 1939 film drama produced by RKO Pictures, and starring Lucille Ball and Patric Knowles.
It tells the story of Jean Russell (Ball), a beautician who is jilted by her boyfriend (Knowles) so he can marry an older but wealthy woman. Russell invents a new facial cream, and with the financial backing of her former boyfriend's wife (Frieda Inescort), starts a business that makes her a millionaire.