The Beauty Prize is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Viola Dana. The film was partly shot on location at the KFI radio station in Los Angeles, CA.
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Synopsis
A manicurist wins a beauty contest while posing as a debutante, and reveals her deception via a new craze, the radio.
Cast
Viola Dana as Connie Du Bois
Pat O'Malley as George Brady
Eddie Phillips as Eddie Schwartz
Eunice Murdock Moore as Madame Estelle (credited as Eunice Vin Moore)
Edward Connelly as Pa Du Bois
Edith Yorke as Ma Du Bois
Joan Standing as Lydia Du Bois
Frederick Truesdell as Eric Brandon
Preservation
The Beauty Prize is currently presumed lost. In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.