When a Girl's Beautiful

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When a Girl's Beautiful
Directed byFrank McDonald
Screenplay by Brenda Weisberg
Story byHenry K. Moritz
Produced byWallace McDonald
Starring Adele Jergens
Marc Platt
Patricia Berry
Cinematography Henry Freulich
Edited by Jerome Thoms
Distributed byColumbia
Release dates
  • July 13, 1947 (1947-07-13)(New York City)
  • September 25, 1947 (1947-09-25)(United States)
Running time
68 minutes

When a Girl's Beautiful is a 1947 American musical comedy film directed by Frank McDonald from a script by Brenda Weisberg. Actress Joi Lansing made her film debut on this film. [1] [2]

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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. [3] The girl he finds doesn't want to be a model at all, and further complications ensue.

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References

  1. Koper, Richard (2010-03-31). Fifties Blondes: Sexbombs, Sirens, Bad Girls and Teen Queens. BearManor Media. ISBN   9781593935214.
  2. "18 Sep 1947, 578 - Daily News at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
  3. "15 Feb 1948, Page 14 - Beatrice Daily Sun at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-12-26.