The Festival Girls
1961 film
- July 1, 1961 (1961-07-01) (West Germany)
- November 22, 1962 (1962-11-22) (US)
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The Festival Girls is a 1961 American drama film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Barbara Valentin, Alexander D'Arcy and Scilla Gabel. It was one of a number of low-budget exploitation films Austrian star Valentin appeared in during the early 1960s.[1] Location shooting took place at several European film festivals. It premiered in West Germany in 1961, and first screened in the United States the following year. It had censorship issues in several American cities.
Synopsis
Larry Worthington, a down-on-his-luck film producer, discovers Valentine a young model who is rescued half-drowned from the sea outside his European hotel. He casts her in his latest film, which then wins top honours at the Venice Film Festival only to provoke the anger of Nadja.
Cast
- Barbara Valentin as Valentine
- Alexander D'Arcy as Larry Worthington
- Scilla Gabel as Nadja
- Alain Dijon as Dirk Vangard
- Eduard Linkers as Jerome
- Regina Seiffert as Liz
- Janez Cuk as Hotel Manager
- Franek Trefalt as George
- Demeter Bitenc as Member of Jury
- Ute Böhnig as Starlet
- Anita Semmler as Starlet
- Helga Liotta as Starlet
References
- ^ Reimer & Reimer p.300
Bibliography
- Reimer, Robert; Reimer, Carol (2010). The A to Z of German Cinema. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1-4617-3186-3.
External links
- The Festival Girls at IMDb
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Films directed by Leigh Jason
- The Price of Fear (1928)
- Wolves of the City (1929)
- Eyes of the Underworld (1929)
- The Tip Off (1929)
- The Body Punch (1929)
- High Gear (1933)
- A Preferred List (1933)
- Bubbling Over (1934)
- The Knife of the Party (1934)
- Love on a Bet (1936)
- The Bride Walks Out (1936)
- That Girl from Paris (1936)
- New Faces of 1937 (1937)
- Wise Girl (1937)
- The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
- The Flying Irishman (1939)
- Career (1939)
- Model Wife (1941)
- Three Girls About Town (1941)
- Lady for a Night (1942)
- Dangerous Blondes (1943)
- Nine Girls (1944)
- Carolina Blues (1944)
- Meet Me on Broadway (1946)
- Lost Honeymoon (1947)
- Out of the Blue (1947)
- Man from Texas (1948)
- Okinawa (1952)
- The Go-Getter (1956)
- The Choppers (1961)
- The Festival Girls (1961)
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