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Beauty for the Asking (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.
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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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Genre:Romance, Drama
Written By:Paul Jarrico, Doris Anderson
In Theaters:2/24/1939
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Runtime:68 minutes
Studio:RKO Radio Pictures
Cast
Glenn Tryon
Director
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
Kay Sutton
Miss Whitman
Ann Evers
Lois Peabody
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