Beauty for the Asking

Beauty for the Asking

68 mins | Drama, Romance | Feb. 24, 1939

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.

Beauty for the Asking

68 mins | Drama, Romance | Feb. 24, 1939

Beauty for the Asking
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title Beauty for the Asking
Directors Glenn Tryon
Writers Grace Norton, Doris Anderson, Adele Buffington, Paul Jarrico, Edmund L. Hartmann

Cast

Lucille Ball

as Jean Russell

Patric Knowles

as Denny Williams

Donald Woods

as Jeffrey Martin

Frieda Inescort

as Flora Barton-Williams

Inez Courtney

as Gwen Morrison

Leona Maricle

as Eve Harrington

Frances Mercer

as Patricia Wharton

Whitney Bourne

as Peggy Ponsby

George Beranger

as Cyril

Kay Sutton

as Miss Whitman

Ann Evers

as Lois Peabody

Leon Belasco

as Beauty Shop Owner (uncredited)

Sayre Dearing

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Harold Miller

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Leonard Carey

as Peters (uncredited)

Charles Coleman

as Mrs. Harrington's Butler (uncredited)

George Ford

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

George Golden

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Eddie Hart

as Reporter at Wedding (uncredited)

Fay Helm

as Miss Henley (uncredited)

Dick Johnstone

as Pedestrian (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Jack O'Shea

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)