Prix de Beauté
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Prix de Beauté (UK title: Miss Europe) is a 1930
film directed by Augusto Genina
. It is notable for being the first sound film
made by Louise Brooks
, although all of her dialogue and singing were dubbed.
) is a young and beautiful typist who later enters the Miss Europe
beauty pageant, sponsored by the newspaper company that she is working for. Upon Lucienne's claiming the title of Miss France, her jealous lover Andre persuades her to withdraw from the competition, but he is too late. Lucienne heads for Spain to take part in the finals and, on the same day Andre proposes to her. Later, he is jealous when he sees a swarm of admirers gathering around her. At the end, Lucienne is in a theatre watching a film clip of herself singing a song, when she is shot and killed by Andre.
1930 in film
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film directed by Augusto Genina
Augusto Genina
Augusto Genina was an Italian film pioneer. He was a movie producer and director.Born in Rome, Genina was a drama critic and wrote comedies for the Il Mondo Magazine, under advise of Aldo de Benedetti switches to movies for the "Film d'Arte Italiana", that produces his first film "La moglie di sua...
. It is notable for being the first sound film
Sound film
A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades would pass before sound motion pictures were made commercially...
made by Louise Brooks
Louise Brooks
Mary Louise Brooks , generally known by her stage name Louise Brooks, was an American dancer, model, showgirl and silent film actress, noted for popularizing the bobbed haircut. Brooks is best known for her three feature roles including two G. W...
, although all of her dialogue and singing were dubbed.
Plot
Lucienne Garnier (Louise BrooksLouise Brooks
Mary Louise Brooks , generally known by her stage name Louise Brooks, was an American dancer, model, showgirl and silent film actress, noted for popularizing the bobbed haircut. Brooks is best known for her three feature roles including two G. W...
) is a young and beautiful typist who later enters the Miss Europe
Miss Europe
Miss Europe is a popular regional beauty pageant among female contestants from the nations of the European continent established in 1928 and re-established at the end of World War II by Roger Zeiler of the French Committee of Elegance and Claude Berr...
beauty pageant, sponsored by the newspaper company that she is working for. Upon Lucienne's claiming the title of Miss France, her jealous lover Andre persuades her to withdraw from the competition, but he is too late. Lucienne heads for Spain to take part in the finals and, on the same day Andre proposes to her. Later, he is jealous when he sees a swarm of admirers gathering around her. At the end, Lucienne is in a theatre watching a film clip of herself singing a song, when she is shot and killed by Andre.
Cast
- Louise BrooksLouise BrooksMary Louise Brooks , generally known by her stage name Louise Brooks, was an American dancer, model, showgirl and silent film actress, noted for popularizing the bobbed haircut. Brooks is best known for her three feature roles including two G. W...
as Lucienne Garnier - Georges Charlia as Andre
- Augusto Bandini as Antonin
- Andre Nicolle as Le Secretaire Du Journal
- Marc Ziboulsky as Le Manager
- Yves Glad as Le Maharajah
- Alex Bernard as Le Photographe
- Gaston Jacquet as Le Duc
- Jean Bradin as Prince De Grabovsky
External links
- Prix de beauté (Miss Europe) at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...