Search for Beauty (1934)
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- Approved
- 1h 18min
- Comedy, Crime
- 02 Feb 1934 (USA)
- Movie
Three con artists dupe two Olympians into serving as editors of a new health and beauty magazine which is only a front for salacious stories and pictures.
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Cast
| Buster Crabbe | ... |
Don Jackson
(as Larry 'Buster' Crabbe)
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| Ida Lupino | ... |
Barbara Hilton
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| Robert Armstrong | ... |
Larry Williams
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| James Gleason | ... |
Dan Healy
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| Toby Wing | ... |
Sally Palmer
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| Gertrude Michael | ... |
Jean Strange
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| Bradley Page | ... |
Joe Garrett
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| Frank McGlynn Sr. | ... |
Rev. Rankin
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| Nora Cecil | ... |
Miss Pettigrew
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| Virginia Hammond | ... |
Mrs. Archibald Henderson-James
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| Eddie Gribbon | ... |
Adolph Knockler
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James B. 'Pop' Kenton | ... |
Caretaker
(as 'Pop' Kenton)
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| Roscoe Karns | ... |
Newspaper Reporter (scenesDeleted)
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Monya Andre | ... |
Second Author (uncredited)
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Stella Bailey | ... |
New York Beauty Winner (uncredited)
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| William Bailey | ... |
Cement Foreman (uncredited)
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Malcolm Ball | ... |
Georgia Talent Contestant (uncredited)
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| Lynn Bari | ... |
Beauty Contestant Entrant (uncredited)
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Gil Berry | ... |
Illinois Beauty Contestant (uncredited)
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| Margaret Carthew | ... |
Health Acres Guest / Florida Beauty Winner (uncredited)
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| Maurice Costello | ... |
Health Acres Guest (uncredited)
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Agnes Craney | ... |
Illinois Beauty Winner (uncredited)
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| Alfred Delcambre | ... |
Texas Talent Contestant (uncredited)
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Lucille Du Toit | ... |
South Africa Beauty Winner (uncredited)
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| Phil Dunham | ... |
Heinie - Photographer (uncredited)
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| Mary Flynn | ... |
Scotland Beauty Winner (uncredited)
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Gunna Freese | ... |
Canada Beauty Winner (uncredited)
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Donald Gray | ... |
South Africa Talent Contestant (uncredited)
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Helen Gray | ... |
Alberta Canada Beauty Winner (uncredited)
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| Beatrice Hagen | ... |
Paris Beauty Winner (uncredited)
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Geneva Hall | ... |
Kansas Beauty Winner (uncredited)
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Nita Harvey | ... |
England Beauty Winner (uncredited)
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Ara Haswell | ... |
Older Blonde in Bed (uncredited)
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| Dell Henderson | ... |
Mac (uncredited)
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| Verna Hillie | ... |
Susie (uncredited)
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Anne Insinik | ... |
Pennsylvania Beauty Winner (uncredited)
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| Joyzelle Joyner | ... |
Beauty Contestant Entrant (uncredited)
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| Bruce Lane | ... |
Talent Contestant (uncredited)
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Laura Lower | ... |
Alabama Beauty Winner (uncredited)
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Jean MacMurray | ... |
Idaho Beauty Winner (uncredited)
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| Julian Madison | ... |
Minnesota Talent Contestant (uncredited)
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Leo McCabe | ... |
Ireland Beauty Winner (uncredited)
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Opel McCue | ... |
Minnesota Beauty Winner (uncredited)
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| Edmund Mortimer | ... |
Health Acres Guest (uncredited)
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Gwen Munro | ... |
Australia Beauty Winner (uncredited)
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Joyce Neilson | ... |
New Zealand Beauty Winner (uncredited)
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Brian Norman | ... |
Australian Talent Contestant (uncredited)
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| Dave O'Brien | ... |
Talent Contestant (uncredited)
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William Odell | ... |
Pennsylvania Beauty Winner (uncredited)
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Earl Pingree | ... |
Prison Clerk (uncredited)
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| Arthur Rankin | ... |
Third Author (uncredited)
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| Bert Roach | ... |
Health Acres Guest at Bar (uncredited)
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| Ann Sheridan | ... |
Dallas Beauty Winner (uncredited)
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| Larry Steers | ... |
Health Acres Guest (uncredited)
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| William Stelling | ... |
New Jersey Talent Contestant (uncredited)
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| Harry Stubbs | ... |
Fat Man in Bed (uncredited)
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| Frederick Sullivan | ... |
Health Acres Guest (uncredited)
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Liberty Swafford | ... |
Alabama Beauty Winner (uncredited)
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| Colin Tapley | ... |
New Zealand Talent Contestant (uncredited)
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| Sidney Towlson | ... |
New Zealand Talent Contestant (uncredited)
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| Ellinor Vanderveer | ... |
Beauty Shop Manager (uncredited)
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Vigne | ... |
First Author (uncredited)
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Loretta Walker | ... |
Ireland Beauty Winner (uncredited)
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| Leo White | ... |
Health Acres Guest (uncredited)
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Gladys Willar | ... |
Worcester Massachusetts Beauty Winner (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Erle C. Kenton | ... | (directed by) |
Written by
| David Boehm | ... | (story by) and |
| Maurine Dallas Watkins | ... | (story by) (as Maurine Watkins) |
| Frank Butler | ... | (screen play by) and |
| Claude Binyon | ... | (screen play by) |
| Sam Hellman | ... | (dialogue by) |
| Schuyler E. Grey | ... | (play "Love Your Body") and |
| Paul Milton | ... | (play "Love Your Body") (as Paul R. Milton) |
Produced by
| Emanuel Cohen | ... | executive producer (uncredited) |
| E. Lloyd Sheldon | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
| John Leipold | ... | (uncredited) |
Cinematography by
| Harry Fischbeck | ... | (photographed by) |
Editing by
| James Smith | ... | (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
| Hans Dreier | ... | (uncredited) |
| John B. Goodman | ... | (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Travis Banton | ... | costumer (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Ralph Rainger | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| LeRoy Prinz | ... | choreographer (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Paramount Pictures (presents)
Distributors
- Paramount Pictures (1934) (United States) (theatrical)
- Paramount Film Service (1934) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Paramount British Pictures (1934) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Paramount Film Service (1934) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Paramount Filmes (1936) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- MCA/Universal Pictures (1958) (United States) (tv)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2009) (United States) (DVD) (Included in the "Pre-Code Hollywood Collection")
- Kino Lorber (2023) (United States) (Blu-ray)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association of America (acknowledgement)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Three shady characters - Larry, Jean, and Dan - want to make money legally by resuscitating a fitness magazine with cheesecake and beefcake photos and salacious stories with tacked-on morals. They hire two recent Olympic champions as editors to give legitimacy: Barbara Hilton, an English diver, and Don Jackson, a U.S. swimmer. When Jackson and Hilton object to the magazine's contents, they send him on a worldwide search for beauty, for youthful paragons of fitness. When Barbara and Don want out of the partnership to start their own fitness farm, the trio hatches a plan to bilk the kids. Can Barbara and Don avoid being conned or will a femme fatale undo their partnership?
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| Taglines | You never saw so many skins you'd love to touch (Print Ad- San Jose News, ((San Jose, Calif.)) 31 July 1934) See more » |
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| Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Buster Crabbe plays an Olympic swimmer in the film. Before entering acting, Crabbe was a two-time Olympian, a bronze medalist in 1928 and a gold medal winner in 1932. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008). See more » |
| Soundtracks | I'm a Seeker of Beauty See more » |
| Crazy Credits | With the 30 winners in the International Beauty Contest chosen from England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and the United States. See more » |
| Quotes |
Dan Healy:
[to Larry]
You couldn't sell fresh fish to a starving seal. See more » |