''For Beauty's Sake'' is a 1941 American

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directed by Shepard Traube (1907–1983) and written by Walter Bullock, Ethel Hill and Wanda Tuchock. The film stars Ned Sparks, Marjorie Weaver, Ted North,

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, Pierre Watkin and Lenita Lane. The film was released on June 6, 1941, by

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Plot

A young

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Bertram Erasmus Dillsome is forced by the terms of his late aunt's will to take over the running of her

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in order to gain his inheritance. However, with the assistance of one of his students who has developed a crush on him, he manages to expose a gang of criminals operation out of the salon who may have murder his aunt.

Cast

* Ned Sparks as Jonathan B. Sweet * Marjorie Weaver as Dime Pringle * Ted North as Bertram Erasmus Dillsome *

as Dottie Nickerson * Pierre Watkin as Middlesex * Lenita Lane as Dorothy Sawter * Richard Lane as Mr. Jackman * Lotus Long as Ann Kuo * Glenn Hunter as Rodney Blynn * Lois Wilson as Mrs. Lloyd Kennar *John Ellis as Lloyd Kennar * Olaf Hytten as Father McKinley * Tully Marshall as Julius H. Pringle * Phyllis Fraser as Julia * Isabel Jewell as Amy Devore *

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as Brother * Janet Beecher as Miss Merton * Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Franklin Evans *Helena Phillips Evans as Mrs. Jellico

References

Bibliography

* Fetrow, Alan G. ''Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography''. McFarland, 1994.

External links

* 1941 films 20th Century Fox films American comedy films 1941 comedy films Films with screenplays by Wanda Tuchock Films produced by Darryl F. Zanuck American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films Films set in New York City {{1940s-US-comedy-film-stub