What Price Beauty?

What Price Beauty?
Directed by	Tom Buckingham
Written by	Malcolm Stuart Boylan Natacha Rambova
Produced by	Natacha Rambova S. George Ulmann Rudolph Valentino
Starring	Nita Naldi Natacha Rambova Pierre Gendron
Cinematography	Devereaux Jennings
Production company	S. George Ullman
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release date	January 18, 1928 (1928-01-18) [1]
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

What Price Beauty? is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Tom Buckingham and starring Nita Naldi, Natacha Rambova and Pierre Gendron. Shot in May 1925 but not released until January 1928, ^[1] the film features the future star Myrna Loy in a small role. Her performance attracted widespread interest, boosting her career. ^[2]

The film's sets were designed by the art director William Cameron Menzies.

Plot

An exotic vamp and a nice country girl compete over the manager of a beauty parlour.

Cast

• Nita Naldi as Rita Rinaldi
• Natacha Rambova
• Pierre Gendron as John Clay
• Virginia Pearson as Mary
• Dolores Johnson
• Sally Winters
• La Supervia
• Marilyn Newkirk
• Victor Potel
• Caroline Rankin
• Templar Saxe
• Leo White
• Rosalind Byrne
• Myrna Loy as Vamp

References

1. "What Price Beauty?". AFI Catalog of Feature Films . American Film Institute . Retrieved June 15, 2018.
2. Leider p.54

Sources

Emily W. Leider. Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood. University of California Press, 2011.

External links

• What Price Beauty? at IMDb