La reine des girls

Original title: Blondie of the Follies

1932
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1h 31m

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Marion Davies and Billie Dove in La reine des girls (1932)

Two young women find their friendship strained when one wins a role in a Broadway show, and the other's boyfriend begins to fall for her.Two young women find their friendship strained when one wins a role in a Broadway show, and the other's boyfriend begins to fall for her.Two young women find their friendship strained when one wins a role in a Broadway show, and the other's boyfriend begins to fall for her.

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Trivia
Final film of Billie Dove. She retired after this film both to raise a family and in anger at the "behind-the-scenes" interference from William Randolph Hearst, Marion Davies' lover and the producer of the film. Dove appeared in a small part 30 years later in Le seigneur d'Hawaï (1962), but her scene was eventually cut from the film before its release.

Goofs
The age of an actress or actor playing a screen age may be a matter of opinion to a viewer, but can NEVER be a 'goof' ... it all depends on how they carry it off, of course. Marion Davies did fine here (as did Billie Dove, who didn't get criticized for the same age gap?)

Quotes
Lottie: Are you stuck on anyone?
Blondie: Oh, I can't get a kick outta any hicks I bump into after seeing how a real young man acts.
Lottie: Oh and how do you know how a real gentleman acts?
Blondie: In the movies! I go to them all the time.

Connections
Featured in Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (2000)

Soundtracks
Good Night My Love
(1932) (uncredited)
Written by Harry Tobias, Gus Arnheim and Neil Moret (as Jules Lemare)

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Total Davies Delight

One of Marion Davies' best performances in this snappy comedy/drama. Davies plays Blondie, a good girl who becomes a success in the follies despite her best friend's effort. Billie Dove (a big silent star in her best talkie role) is excellent as the friend. Robert Montgomery, Zasu Pitts, Sidney Toler, Douglas Dumbrille, and Jimmy Durante co-star. But this is Davies's film from beginning to end. She is totally wonderful, funny, touching, and gorgeous. Again and again I state that Marion Davies was major talent, a great star, and one of Hollywood's great beauties. She's also one of the finest comic actresses EVER! Watch this film and you'll see that Davies was an A-list star, one who deserves to be rediscovered. Blondie of the Follies may be a minor film, but it's well done, entertaining, and boasts terrific performances by Marion Davies and Billie Dove.