Secrets of Beauty

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Secrets of Beauty | image = Secrets of Beauty poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Erle C. Kenton]] | producer = [[Kroger Babb]] | writer = [[Kroger Babb]] [[Mildred Horn]] [[Erna Lazarus]] | narrator = | starring = [[Ern Westmore]] [[Julie Bishop (actress)|Julie Bishop]] [[Richard Denning]] [[Ginger Prince]] [[Myrna Dell]] [[Larry Blake (actor)|Larry Blake]] Norma Gilchrist [[Virginia Herrick]] [[Jo-Carroll Dennison]] Jonnie Lee Macfadden [[Arthur Lee Simpkins]] | music = [[Albert Glasser]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hischak |first1=Thomas S. |title=The Encyclopedia of Film Composers |date=16 April 2015 |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |isbn=978-1-4422-4550-1 |page=259 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xz99CAAAQBAJ&dq=Secrets+of+Beauty+(1951+film)&pg=PA259 |access-date=23 September 2022 |language=}}</ref> | cinematography = Carl Berger | editing = Edward Mann | studio = [[Hallmark Productions]] | distributor = [[Modern Film Distributors]], Alpha Video Distributors | released = {{Film date|1951|07|16|El Paso, Texas|df=yes}} | runtime = 86 min | country = United States | language = English | budget = }} '''''Secrets of Beauty''''' (also titled ''Why Men Leave Home'') is a 1951 American [[drama]] film directed by [[Erle C. Kenton]] and starring [[Ern Westmore]], [[Julie Bishop (actress)|Julie Bishop]], [[Richard Denning]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Secrets of Beauty (1951) |url=https://letterboxd.com/film/secrets-of-beauty/ |publisher=[[Letterboxd]] |access-date=23 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ellett |first1=Ryan |title=Radio Drama and Comedy Writers, 1928-1962 |date=1 December 2017 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-6593-1 |page=122 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SME8DwAAQBAJ&dq=secrets+of+beauty+(1951+film)&pg=PA122 |access-date=23 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref> The film was released on DVD in 2006.

==Cast== *[[Julie Bishop (actress)|Julie Bishop]] as Ruth Waldron<ref>{{cite book |last1=Weaver |first1=Tom |title=Double Feature Creature Attack: A Monster Merger of Two More Volumes of Classic Interviews |date=19 February 2003 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]] |isbn=978-0-7864-8215-3 |page=159 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=esCnTSqGtUYC&dq=Secrets+of+Beauty+(1951+film)&pg=RA1-PA159 |language=en}}</ref> *[[Richard Denning]] as Dr. John Waldron *[[Ginger Prince]] as Ginger Waldron *[[Ern Westmore]] as Himself *Norma Gilchrist as Herself *[[Virginia Herrick]] as Betty Westmore *[[Larry Blake (actor)|Larry Blake]] as Uncle Marty *[[Jo-Carroll Dennison]] as Herself *[[Myrna Dell]] as Kay Joyce *Jonnie Lee Macfadden as Jonnie Lee *[[Arthur Lee Simpkins]] as Himself

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==External links== {{wikiquote}} *{{IMDb title|id=0228830|title=Secrets of Beauty}} *{{TCMDb title|id=576480|title=Secrets of Beauty}}

[[Category:1951 drama films]] [[Category:1951 films]] [[Category:Films directed by Erle C. Kenton]] [[Category:1951 English-language films]] [[Category:1951 American films]]