Overview
The American Beauty Association is about to hold its annual trade show in New York City and songwriter "Tiny" Lewis (Billy Gilbert) has just sold a song to Ina Ray Hutton ('Ina Ray Hutton'), the leader of an all-girl band headlining the show. Lewis shares an apartment with Bradley Miller ('Ross Hunter') and Michele (Fritz Feld), an artist, and Miller has just invented a non-staining lipstick called "Rosebud." Preparing to get a booth at the show, Miller is told by J. Webster Hackett (Alan Mowbray), a very devious "Cosmetics King,", intent on selling a big lipstick order to buyer Edgar Pomeroy (Thurston Hall), that it will cost him a $1000 to join the association and get a booth, which is about $999 more than Miller and his roomies have between them. But Miller's beauty-parlor girl friend, Janet Wilson ('Ann Savage'), meets factory-owner P. G. Grimble (Hugh Herbert), and money is soon no issue.
| Actor | Age then | Age now | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | - | - | |
 | 60 | March 12, 1952 (67) | |
 | 23 | December 25, 2008 (87) | |
 | 50 | September 23, 1971 (77) | |
 | 40 | May 1, 1971 (66) | |
 | 24 | March 10, 1996 (75) | |
 | 48 | March 25, 1969 (72) | |
 | 53 | April 17, 1977 (86) | |
 | 62 | February 20, 1958 (75) | |
 | 43 | November 18, 1993 (93) |