''When a Girl's Beautiful'' is a 1947 musical comedy directed by Frank McDonald from a script by

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. Actress

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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 Jordan * Marc Platt - Johnny Hanley * Patricia Berry - Ellen Trennis * Stephen Dunne - Marshall Forrest *

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

* 1947 films Films directed by Frank McDonald 1947 musical comedy films American musical comedy films American black-and-white films 1940s American films {{musical-comedy-film-stub