Readers doubtless know of the wide fame won by the rising French writer Françoise Sagan upon the appearance of her book "Bonjour Tristesse," which took the first prize for the novel and was translated into a number of the world's languages.
Today the motion-picture companies of the world are seeking to bring the story to the screen... The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer company has succeeded in contracting with the authoress to produce the story on the screen, and has dis
patched one of its directors, Otto Preminger, to France to discover the "face" that fits the leading role in this film.
Otto Preminger came to France and published, in the pages of the French magazine "Elle," an appeal to girls who find in themselves the artistic and physical qualifications to play the lead, to send their photographs, with certain particulars, to the magazine. More replies poured in to the management than had ever been reckoned... (15,000) from all parts of France,
Danielle Arjones — 19 years old. A student living in Toulouse. Her description: blond hair and blue eyes with black lashes. Height 1.62, weight 46 kilos. She has never acted in the cinema or on the stage.
Mijanou Bardot — 18 years old. Daughter of a Paris industrialist and sister of Brigitte Bardot; she is a student. Her description: red hair and gray eyes. Height 1.68, weight 53 kilos. She acted in the film "The Women's Club."
Gisèle Gallois — 16 years old. Daughter of an engineer. She lives in Boulide and is a student. Reddish-blond hair and hazel eyes. Height 1.65, weight 52 kilos. She has already acted in the film "The Man and the Child."
Anta Jayler — twenty years old. Daughter of a civil servant. She won the first prize in acting from the French Conservatoire. She has played major roles on the French stage: "Helen of Troy." Chestnut hair and green eyes. Height 1.53, weight 42 kilos.