The Beauty Jungle

1964
1h 50min

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5,9/10

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Ian Hendry and Janette Scott in The Beauty Jungle (1964)

Comedy Drama

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueOn a seaside holiday, pretty Bristol typist Shirley meets Dan Mackenzie from her local paper. He persuades her that she has what it takes in the world of beauty contests, and so it proves. D... Tout lireOn a seaside holiday, pretty Bristol typist Shirley meets Dan Mackenzie from her local paper. He persuades her that she has what it takes in the world of beauty contests, and so it proves. Ditching her predictable fiancé and having to leave home, Shirley moves to London to contin... Tout lireOn a seaside holiday, pretty Bristol typist Shirley meets Dan Mackenzie from her local paper. He persuades her that she has what it takes in the world of beauty contests, and so it proves. Ditching her predictable fiancé and having to leave home, Shirley moves to London to continuing success. Increasingly smitten by her, Dan reckons he should be more than just her man... Tout lire

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Anecdotes
According to the book "Butlins in its Prime: Those Golden Years", the holiday camp queen beauty contest was filmed at Butlin's holiday camp at Minehead in Somerset over 3 days at the end of the 1963 season. The girls paraded around the Butlin's outdoor swimming pool wearing sashes bearing the names of the towns they represented, such as "Miss Leeds" and "Miss Blackpool" etc. However in the finished movie this scene clearly shows the sunbathing lawn at Butlin's Bognor Regis camp; there is no pool and the girls do not wear the sashes. For some reason this pivotal scene must have been re-shot before release.

Citations
Mr. Freeman: Girls showing everything they've got! Well, I won't have it in this house!

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7/10

Nice watching

I saw this film long back and liked it very much. This is an honest depiction about the ugliness behind beauty business. Late Ian Hendry is good and so is Janette Scott. The dark side of beauty business is vividly shown here, the middle class ambitions and its inability to take hard failure ultimately is wonderfully depicted here. Film also points a finger towards brutal journalistic trends which needs scapegoats or people who could be used as stories. It uses them and spits them away (like the case of leading lady of this picture). It is a wonder, why this film is not even heard of these days when so many fashion shows are taking place. This tells behind the scene truths about such beauty events and nothing much has changed.

It also has a shattering end that will move you to tears.

7 out of 10.