and a jury was appointed to examine these replies and photographs and to choose the suitable face... In view of the difficulty of the task entrusted to this committee, fifteen photographs were selected, from among which the final face is to be chosen...
It remains for the authoress, Françoise Sagan, to choose for herself the girl she prefers and finds the most suitable of all... So who will be the owner of the happy fortune, and win the final round?
Otto Preminger says that the girl who wins the role will be entrusted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with the part of Bernard Shaw's "Joan of Arc" — and so all eyes in France today are turned toward this important cinematic question. Below are some of the faces nominated for the leading role in "Bonjour Tristesse."
Dominique Bouzin — 17 years old
Daughter of an engineer. Holder of the baccalaureate certificate. Chestnut hair; brown eyes. Height 1.60, weight 48.50 kilos. She has never acted on the stage or in the cinema.
Michèle Girardon — 18 years old
Daughter of a merchant; she lives in Lyon and is a student. Chestnut hair and green eyes. Height 1.72, weight 60 kilos. She acted in Mexico in the film "Death in This Garden."
Fari Verzini — 17 years old
Daughter of a professor at Johnson University; she lives in Paris and is a student, with chestnut hair and eyes. Height 1.63, weight 48 kilos. She has taken part in school theatricals.
Françoise Sagan, author of "Bonjour Tristesse"