Search for Beauty [Blu-ray]

Search for Beauty [Blu-ray]

Director: Erle C. Kenton Cast: Ida Lupino
Ida Lupino
, Robert Armstrong
Robert Armstrong
, Larry "Buster" Crabbe
Larry "Buster" Crabbe
, James Gleason
James Gleason
Erle C. Kenton
Search for Beauty [Blu-ray]

Search for Beauty [Blu-ray]

Director: Erle C. Kenton Cast: Ida Lupino
Ida Lupino
, Robert Armstrong
Robert Armstrong
, Larry "Buster" Crabbe
Larry "Buster" Crabbe
, James Gleason
James Gleason
Erle C. Kenton

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Overview

Back in the 1930s, the "Search for Beauty" contests were designed to scout the hinterlands of America and England for beautiful girls and handsome men who might qualify as movie contractees -- though most the winners were drawn from the ranks of Hollywood residents. These contests, coupled with a play by Schuyler E. Gray and Paul R. Milton, formed the basis for this 1934 comedy. Real-life "Search for Beauty" winners Larry "Buster" Crabbe and Ida Lupino (both of whom had already appeared in a few films) head the cast in this story of a contest staged by a two-bit "physical culture" magazine. When the winners, Don Jackson (Crabbe) and Barbara Hilton (Lupino), realize that they've been hired exclusively to pose in bathing suits for the pin-up trade, they leave for the greener pastures of a legitimate health farm. The magazine's crooked publishers try to extort money from Don and Barbara, but they're foiled by a local justice of the peace (Frank McGlynn Sr.) who turns out to be an agent of the U.S. Department of Justice!

Product Details

Release Date: 03/28/2023
UPC: 0738329262198
Original Release: 1934
Rating: NR
Source: Kl Studio Classics
Language: English
Time: 1:18:00
Sales rank: 34,056

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Ida Lupino Barbara Hilton
Robert Armstrong Larry Williams
Larry "Buster" Crabbe Don Jackson
James Gleason Dan Healy
Toby Wing Sally
Gertrude Michael Jean Strange
Roscoe Karns Newspaper Reporter
Verna Hillie Susie
James B. 'Pop' Kenton Caretaker
Frank McGlynn Sr. Rev. Rankin
Ann Sheridan Beauty Contestant
Nora Cecil Miss Pettigrew
Virginia Hammond Mrs. Archibald Henderson
Eddie Gribbon Adolph Knockler
Phil Dunham Heinie
Bradley Page Joe Garrett
Dell Henderson Mac
Tammany Young Formation Director

Technical Credits
Erle C. Kenton Director
E. Lloyd Sheldon Producer
Claude Binyon Screenwriter
Sam Hellman Screenwriter
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