# Secrets of Beauty > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Secrets_of_Beauty > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Secrets_of_Beauty.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secrets_of_Beauty > Source revision: 1339344347 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1951 American film Secrets of Beauty Theatrical release poster Directed by Erle C. Kenton Written by Kroger Babb Mildred Horn Erna Lazarus Produced by Kroger Babb Starring Ern Westmore Julie Bishop Richard Denning Ginger Prince Myrna Dell Larry Blake Norma Gilchrist Virginia Herrick Jo-Carroll Dennison Jonnie Lee Macfadden Arthur Lee Simpkins Cinematography Carl Berger Edited by Edward Mann Music by Albert Glasser[1] Production company Hallmark Productions Distributed by Modern Film Distributors, Alpha Video Distributors Release dates 16 July 1951 (1951-07-16) (El Paso, Texas) Running time 86 min Country United States Language English ***Secrets of Beauty*** (also titled *Why Men Leave Home*) is a 1951 American [drama](/source/Drama) film directed by [Erle C. Kenton](/source/Erle_C._Kenton) and starring [Ern Westmore](/source/Ern_Westmore), [Julie Bishop](/source/Julie_Bishop_(actress)), [Richard Denning](/source/Richard_Denning).[2][3] The film was released on DVD in 2006. ## Cast - [Julie Bishop](/source/Julie_Bishop_(actress)) as Ruth Waldron[4] - [Richard Denning](/source/Richard_Denning) as Dr. John Waldron - [Ginger Prince](/source/Ginger_Prince) as Ginger Waldron - [Ern Westmore](/source/Ern_Westmore) as Himself - Norma Gilchrist as Herself - [Virginia Herrick](/source/Virginia_Herrick) as Betty Westmore - [Larry Blake](/source/Larry_Blake_(actor)) as Uncle Marty - [Jo-Carroll Dennison](/source/Jo-Carroll_Dennison) as Herself - [Myrna Dell](/source/Myrna_Dell) as Kay Joyce - Jonnie Lee Macfadden as Jonnie Lee - [Arthur Lee Simpkins](/source/Arthur_Lee_Simpkins) as Himself ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Hischak, Thomas S. (April 16, 2015). [*The Encyclopedia of Film Composers*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Xz99CAAAQBAJ&dq=Secrets+of+Beauty+(1951+film)&pg=PA259). [Rowman & Littlefield](/source/Rowman_%26_Littlefield). p. 259. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4422-4550-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4422-4550-1). Retrieved September 23, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Secrets of Beauty (1951)"](https://letterboxd.com/film/secrets-of-beauty/). [Letterboxd](/source/Letterboxd). Retrieved September 23, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Ellett, Ryan (December 1, 2017). [*Radio Drama and Comedy Writers, 1928-1962*](https://books.google.com/books?id=SME8DwAAQBAJ&dq=secrets+of+beauty+(1951+film)&pg=PA122). McFarland. p. 122. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4766-6593-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4766-6593-1). Retrieved September 23, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Weaver, Tom (February 19, 2003). [*Double Feature Creature Attack: A Monster Merger of Two More Volumes of Classic Interviews*](https://books.google.com/books?id=esCnTSqGtUYC&dq=Secrets+of+Beauty+(1951+film)&pg=RA1-PA159). [McFarland](/source/McFarland_%26_Company). p. 159. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7864-8215-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-8215-3). ## External links Wikiquote has quotations related to ***[Secrets of Beauty](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Search/Secrets_of_Beauty)***. - [*Secrets of Beauty*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0228830/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [*Secrets of Beauty*](https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/576480/enwp) at the [TCM Movie Database](/source/Turner_Classic_Movies#TCMdb) (archived) v t e Films directed by Erle C. Kenton Salome vs. Shenandoah (1919) Down on the Farm (1920) Love, Honor and Behave (1920) A Small Town Idol (1921) A Fool and His Money (1925) The Danger Signal (1925) Red Hot Tires (1925) The Love Toy (1926) Other Women's Husbands (1926) The Sap (1926) The Palm Beach Girl (1926) The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary (1927) The Girl in the Pullman (1927) Bare Knees (1928) Name the Woman (1928) Nothing to Wear (1928) Companionate Marriage (1928) Golf Widows (1928) The Street of Illusion (1928) The Sideshow (1928) The Sporting Age (1928) Trial Marriage (1929) Father and Son (1929) Song of Love (1929) Mexicali Rose (1929) A Royal Romance (1930) X Marks the Spot (1931) Left Over Ladies (1931) The Last Parade (1931) Guilty as Hell (1932) Island of Lost Souls (1932) From Hell to Heaven (1933) Disgraced! (1933) Big Executive (1933) Search for Beauty (1934) You're Telling Me! (1934) Party Wire (1935) The Best Man Wins (1935) The Public Menace (1935) Devil's Squadron (1936) Counterfeit (1936) She Asked for It (1937) The Devil's Playground (1937) Little Tough Guys in Society (1938) The Lady Objects (1938) Everything's on Ice (1939) Escape to Paradise (1939) Remedy for Riches (1940) Petticoat Politics (1941) Melody for Three (1941) Naval Academy (1941) They Meet Again (1941) Flying Cadets (1941) North to the Klondike (1942) The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) Frisco Lil (1942) Pardon My Sarong (1942) Who Done It? (1942) It Ain't Hay (1943) House of Frankenstein (1944) She Gets Her Man (1945) House of Dracula (1945) The Cat Creeps (1946) Little Miss Big (1946) Bob and Sally (1948) One Too Many (1951) Secrets of Beauty (1951) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Secrets of Beauty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secrets_of_Beauty) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secrets_of_Beauty?action=history)). 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