Miss Europe

Miss Europe (1930)

Prix de beauté

Lucienne, typist and gorgeous bathing beauty, decides to enter the 'Miss Europe' pageant sponsored by the French newspaper she works for. She finds her jealous lover Andre violently disapproves of such events and tries to withdraw, but it's too late; she's even then being named Miss France. The night Andre planned to propose to her, she's being whisked off to the Miss Europe finals in Spain, where admirers swarm around her. Win or lose, what will the harvest be?

Date of release
1930-08-01
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (18)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Drama
Director
Augusto Genina

Casting

Interesting facts

Prix de Beauté is a 1930 film directed by Augusto Genina. The film is notable for being the first sound film made by star Louise Brooks, although all of her dialogue and singing were dubbed. This film is an early example of sound film in France, along with L'Age d'Or and Under the Roofs of Paris.

Production

The original drafts of the screenplay was written by René Clair; however, because of a dispute between Clair and La Sociétédes Films Artistiques (SOFAR), the script was given to the Italian director Augusto Genina. Prix de beauté was shot in and around Paris between August 29 and September 27, 1929, including at the Studios Joinville, Joinville-le-pont, Val-de-Marne.

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