Beauty on Parade

May 4, 1950

1h 6m

★ 0.0

Watch scores of lovelies pitch their curves for the beauty crown!

Overview

Marian Medford Woodstock gave up a chance twenty years ago to compete for the Miss USA beauty title in order to marry Jeffrey Woodstock. She hopes to realize her past ambitions for fame and fortune through her daughter Kay, whom she persuades to enter a local beauty contest. Kay wins and is interviewed by reporter Gil McRoberts, who advises her to get married and settle down. Jeffrey is very upset with his wife's and daughter's passion for beauty contests and, when Kay enters the national contest, he informs Marian that she must choose between him and her chase after empty honors for Kay.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Gil McRoberts

Robert Hutton

Marian Medford

Ruth Warrick

Kay Woodstock

Lola Albright

Jeffrey Woodstock

John Ridgely

Gloria Barton

Hillary Brooke

Sam Short

Wally Vernon

Johnny Fennell

Jimmy Lloyd

Mona Booker

Donna Gibson

Murph

Frank Sully

Walker

Robert C. Hasha

Mrs. Enfield-Hyphen-Hatch

Lillian Bronson

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