''When a Girl's Beautiful'' is a 1947 musical comedy directed by
Frank McDonald from a script by
Brenda Weisberg
Brenda Weisberg (1900–1996) was a Russian-American screenwriter active from the late 1930s through the early 1950s. Her body of work spanned a wide range of genres, from monster movies to thrillers to family films. She wrote several films for th ...
. Actress
Joi Lansing
Joi Lansing (born Joy Rae Brown, April 6, 1929 – August 7, 1972) was an American model, film and television actress, and nightclub singer. She was noted for her pin-up photos and roles in B-movies, as well as a prominent role in the famous o ...
made her film debut on this film.
Plot
An advertising man begins a search for the "perfect woman" for a new perfume campaign. After he makes a composite (nicknamed "Miss Temptation") based on several models, his boss believes the woman is real and requests for the man to go and find her.
The girl he finds doesn't want to be a model at all, and further complications ensue.
Cast
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Adele Jergens
Adele Jergens (November 26, 1917 – November 22, 2002) was an American actress.
Early life and career
Born in Brooklyn, New York, as Adele Louisa Jurgens (some sources say Jurgenson), she rose to prominence in the late 1930s when she was named ...
- Adele Jordan
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Marc Platt - Johnny Hanley
* Patricia Berry - Ellen Trennis
* Stephen Dunne - Marshall Forrest
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Peggie Castle
Peggie Castle (December 22, 1927 – August 11, 1973) was an American actress who specialized in playing the "other woman" in B-movies. Castle was Miss Cheesecake in 1949.
Early life
Castle was born as Peggy Thomas Blair in Appalachia, Wis ...
(credited as Peggy Call) - "Koko" Glayde
References
External links
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1947 films
Films directed by Frank McDonald
1947 musical comedy films
American musical comedy films
American black-and-white films
1940s American films
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