Quand on est belle (1932) Directed by Arthur Robison
Drama
aka: When She's Pretty
Film Synopsis
Laura comes from a poor New York family. She becomes the mistress
of a wealthy man but her true love is a young journalist. The
latter finds work in another town and when he returns he is dismayed to
find that Laura has not given up her sugar daddy. Rejected by her
lover, Laura must return to her dismal old life.
American film comedy had its heyday in the 1920s and '30s, but it remains an important genre and has given American cinema some of its enduring classics.
In the 1920s French cinema was at its most varied and stylish - witness the achievements of Abel Gance, Marcel L'Herbier, Jean Epstein and Jacques Feyder.
In the 1940s, the shadowy, skewed visual style of 1920s German expressionism was taken up by directors of American thrillers and psychological dramas, creating that distinctive film noir look.