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Overview
Prix de beauté is a French romantic film drama first released in 1930,
directed by Augusto Genina.
The film stars Louise Brooks, Georges Charlia, Augusto Bandini, André Nicolle and Marc Ziboulsky.
It has also been released under the title: Beauty Prize.
Our overall rating for this film is: very good.
Synopsis
Lucienne, a typist working on a Parisian newspaper, decides to a enter a beauty contest,
despite her boyfriend André’s fierce objections. Having won the Miss France
award, she sets off for the Miss Europe contest in Spain. Success, stardom and film
contracts inevitably follow – but at what price?
Film Review
Prix de beauté was one of the last silent masterpieces, directed by Augusto
Genina and scripted by René Clair (himself a great director). Released at
a time when sound films were becoming the norm, this film was largely overlooked and has
only comparatively recently received the attention it deserves.
The film stars Louise Brooks in the role of the eponymous tragic femme fatale, a part that suits the beautiful young actress perfectly. Despite her short film career, Brooks has the reputation of one of the icons of Twentieth Century cinema, thanks mainly to her part as Lulu in G.W. Pabst’s 1928 film Pandora’s Box. © James Travers 2001 Write a review for this film... User Comments
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