| 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, [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
- ^ a b "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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