Beauty Prize

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Beauty Prize

Released Aug 21, 1930

1h 18m

Drama

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A beautiful typist (Louise Brooks) enters the Miss Europe beauty contest, much to the disapproval of her jealous beau (Georges Charlia).

Michael Atkinson

Village Voice

The breathtakingly lurid finale, set in a screening room, has an almost necrophilic obsessiveness.

Oct 31, 2007

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Time Out

Although beset by a possessive lover, by showbiz exploiters and, in a remarkable funfair scene, by humanity generally, Brooks is so sheerly, dominatingly vivacious that oppression hardly seems an issue.

Sep 30, 2006

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

Miss Brooks is a lovely, unusually idiosyncratic screen presence but the film is something of an effort to sit through.

Rated: 2.5/5

Sep 30, 2006

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Form seeks out beauty and beauty transforms form

Mar 15, 2010

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One third of Louise Brooks' European tragedy trilogy - a must see film with a must see ending.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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I was lucky enough to be able to see the original silent version in Brisbane recently & is cited by many as the much superior version. A simple film that's full of charm & despite its linear story is well written & shot. The story of young French entering a beauty contest for fun & ends up winning. The tension of the film lies in her jealous boyfriend...filled to the brim with creativity & style this is a must see film...Louise Brooks is extraordinary in her last role.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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You've seen the themes before in different movies, the story of a girl who wins a beauty contest but her boyfriend doesn't like her being stared at by all those men. She marries him, but misses being a star. The actors are okay, and the story is interesting, but towards the end it feels long.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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It's like a silent film, only with sound. In other words, it's a regular ol' movie! But a great one, in fact the best French talkie about beauty contests made before World War II.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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This is probably the only time in her career Louise Brooks looked wholesome. Worth seeing for her, but there's really nothing to the film. The version I saw had the French dubbed in, but it was still shot like a silent film - interesting to see the way that transition happened.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Less interesting than the two great Brooks-Pabst collaborations, Pandora's Box and Diary of a Lost Girl, but worth seeing just because Brooks' career ended far too soon. The closing, with the image of the dead Brooks lying beneath a film projection of her singing and performing, is brilliant.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Synopsis

A beautiful typist (Louise Brooks) enters the Miss Europe beauty contest, much to the disapproval of her jealous beau (Georges Charlia).

Director: Augusto Genina
Producer: Romain Pinès
Screenwriter: René Clair
Distributor: Kino Video
Production Co: Sofar-Film
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 21, 1930, Original
Runtime: 1h 18m
Sound Mix: Mono