We mentioned in the previous issue that the "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" company had contracted with Françoise Sagan to bring her story "Bonjour Tristesse" to the screen, and that it had dispatched the famous director "Otto Preminger" to France for this purpose.

And the director announced, in the pages of the magazine "Elle," an appeal to French girls who found in themselves the competence to play the starring role to come forward. From among the 1,500 photographs that reached the magazine, the jury selected fifteen, and the author, Françoise Sagan, was asked to choose the "face" that harmonized with the heroine's character — and we record below the final result of this important contest, especially as the heroine herself is to be entrusted with playing the role of Bernard Shaw's "Joan of Arc," and the door of fame and glory will open before her...

Gisèle Francome — the face most resembling the heroine of "Bonjour Tristesse"

After a complete study of the matter, the choice of Françoise Sagan, jointly with the director, fell on Miss Gisèle Francome. She is the daughter of an industrialist, seventeen years old, still a student who has finished the first part of the baccalaureate; she is tall and blonde, with green eyes, and a skilled swimmer — but she is a sensible, quiet girl, more so than "Cécile," the heroine of "Bonjour Tristesse." Her favorite pastime is listening to music...

And Gisèle answers those who ask her:

Why did you enter

The tall blonde wears the swimsuit