Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

Screen tests shown include: Mia Farrow in La Mélodie du bonheur (1965) and for Peyton Place (1964); Ann-Margret for La foire aux illusions (1962); Patty Duke and Sharon Tate for La Vallée des poupées (1967); Raquel Welch with James Coburn for Notre homme Flint (1966); Sean Connery for L'auberge du sixième bonheur (1958) (a role which went to Curd Jürgens); Marlon Brando in test scenes for Viva Zapata ! (1952) (20th Century Fox head Darryl F. Zanuck wanted to make sure if Brando was right for the part, so director Elia Kazan tested him just in case); A 1966 personality test for Dustin Hoffman which eventually landed him the lead role in Le lauréat (1967); tests for Batman (1966) including Adam West and Burt Ward (Lyle Waggoner and Peter R.J. Deyell also appear in another series of tests); tests for the roles of the Von Trapp children and Captain Von Trapp for La Mélodie du bonheur (1965): Angela Cartwright (albeit in different wigs), Tisha Sterling, Kim Darby, and Christopher Plummer; A test to be used for foreign dubbing of La Mélodie du bonheur (1965) featuring Marni Nixon in a rare on-camera appearance; Mitzi Gaynor for Pacifique Sud (1958); Candice Bergen for La canonnière du Yang-Tsé (1966); Barbra Streisand costume tests for Hello, Dolly! (1969); tests for Hello, Dolly! (1969) including Danny Lockin, Sandy Duncan, Ann-Margret, and Jo Anne Worley.

Features Un tramway nommé désir (1951)