When a Girl's Beautiful

{{short description|1947 film directed by Frank McDonald}}

{{Infobox film

| director = Frank McDonald

| producer = Wallace McDonald

| screenplay = Brenda Weisberg

| story = Henry K. Moritz

| starring = Adele Jergens
Marc Platt
Patricia Berry

| cinematography = Henry Freulich

| editing = Jerome Thoms

| distributor = Columbia

| released = {{film date|1947|7|13|New York City|1947|9|25|United States}}

| runtime = 68 minutes

}}

When a Girl's Beautiful is a 1947 American musical comedy film directed by Frank McDonald from a script by Brenda Weisberg. Actress Joi Lansing made her film debut on this film.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CSCNBAAAQBAJ&q=when+a+girl%27s+beautiful+1947&pg=PA149|title=Fifties Blondes: Sexbombs, Sirens, Bad Girls and Teen Queens|last=Koper|first=Richard|date=2010-03-31|publisher=BearManor Media|isbn=9781593935214|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/445261303/?terms=%22when+a+girl%27s+beautiful%22|title=18 Sep 1947, 578 - Daily News at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-26}}

Plot

An advertising man begins a search for the "perfect woman" for a new perfume campaign. After he makes a composite (nicknamed "Miss Temptation") based on several models, his boss believes the woman is real and requests for the man to go and find her.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1716830/?terms=%22when+a+girl%27s+beautiful%22|title=15 Feb 1948, Page 14 - Beatrice Daily Sun at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-26}} The girl he finds doesn't want to be a model at all, and further complications ensue.

Cast

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