| What Price Beauty? | |
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| Directed by | Tom Buckingham |
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| Cinematography | Devereaux Jennings |
| Production company | S. George Ullman |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
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| Country | United States |
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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, the film features the future star Myrna Loy in a small role. Her performance attracted widespread interest, boosting her career.
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
- ^ "What Price Beauty?". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
- Leider p.54
Sources
Emily W. Leider. Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood. University of California Press, 2011.
External links
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