Connection
The Great American Beauty Contest is a american film of genre Drama directed by Robert Day released in USA on 13 february 1973 with Joanna Cameron
The Great American Beauty Contest (1973)
If you like this film, let us know!
Add to a movie listThe Great American Beauty Contest is a 1973 American satirical comedy-drama TV film, starring JoAnna Cameron and featuring Eleanor Parker, Robert Cummings, Louis Jourdan and Farrah Fawcett in an early film appearance. It was directed by Robert Day and was originally shown on the ABC TV network in the United States on February 13, 1973.
Allmovie characterizes the film as "An unsubtle but effective TV-movie satire of the 'Miss America' syndrome", and calls the belly dance performed by Farrah Fawcett "endearingly ridiculous."
Synopsis
A feminist enters a beauty contest, hoping to win and deliver a speech on exploitation and sexism at the end.Actors
Joanna Cameron
(Miss Oklahoma, Gloria Rockwell)
Eleanor Parker
(Peggy Lowery)
Robert Cummings
(Dan Carson (as Bob Cummings))
Louis Jourdan
(Ralph Dupree)
Farrah Fawcett
(Miss Texas, T.L. Dawson)
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to The Great American Beauty Contest
There are 192 films with the same actors, 30 films with the same director, 62820 with the same cinematographic genres (including 4477 with exactly the same 2 genres than The Great American Beauty Contest), 7859 films with the same themes (including 450 films with the same 2 themes than The Great American Beauty Contest), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked The Great American Beauty Contest, you will probably like those similar films :
Operation Snatch (1962)
, 1h27Directed by Robert Day
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Terry-Thomas, George Sanders, Lionel Jeffries, Jocelyn Lane, Mark Eden, Ronnie Corbett
Rating67%
The Burning Bed (1984)
, 1h35Directed by Robert Greenwald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Crime, Politic
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about families, Feminist films, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about domestic violence, Political films, Disaster films
Actors Farrah Fawcett, Paul Le Mat, Richard Masur, Grace Zabriskie, Penelope Milford, James T. Callahan
Rating71%
Après des années de coups et de terreur, Francine Hughes a mis le feu au lit de son agresseur pendant qu'il dormait. Ses aveux et le procès pour meurtre qui a suivi ont enthousiasmé la nation. Une histoire dramatique d'une femme poussée à bout.
Ritual of Evil (1970)
Directed by Robert Day
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Louis Jourdan, Anne Baxter, Diana Hyland, John McMartin, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Belinda Montgomery
Rating55%
Sorrell (Jourdan) treats a young heiress (Belinda Montgomery) whose parents have died under mysterious circumstances. His investigation uncovers a cult, led by a powerful witch (Diana Hyland). Things grow complicated as Sorrell and the witch fall in love.
Chaos (2001)
, 1h49Directed by Coline Serreau
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about alcoholism, Films about children, Films about families, Feminist films, Films about immigration, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, La précarité, Erotic films, La sexualité des mineurs, Films about prostitution, Rape and revenge films, Political films, Erotic thriller films, Auto-justice
Actors Vincent Lindon, Catherine Frot, Rachida Brakni, Line Renaud, Aurélien Wiik, Ivan Franek
Rating69%
Paul and Hélène, a wealthy Parisian couple, are preparing to go out for the evening. While driving, they see three men chasing a prostitute down the street. She begs them to save her by letting her into the car, but Paul locks the doors and drives away as the three men savagely beat her, leaving her unconscious in the street. He refuses to let Hélène phone an ambulance, afraid of being charged with not helping a person in danger (which is a crime in France).
, 1h51Directed by Callie Khouri
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Ellen Burstyn, Sandra Bullock, Ashley Judd, Angus Macfadyen, Fionnula Flanagan, James Garner
Rating60%
The film opens in 1937 Louisiana with four little girls out in the woods at night, each wearing a home-made headdress. The leader, Viviane Abbott, initiates them into a secret order she dubs the "Ya-Ya Sisterhood," which they seal by cutting their palms and taking a blood oath of undying loyalty.
Logan's Run (1976)
, 2hDirected by Michael Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne, Farrah Fawcett, Peter Ustinov
Rating67%
In the year 2274, the remnants of human civilization live in a sealed domed city, a utopia run by a computer that takes care of all aspects of their life, including reproduction. The citizens live a hedonistic life but, to maintain the city, everyone must undergo the ritual of "Carrousel" [sic] when they reach the age of 30. There, they are vaporized and ostensibly "renewed". To track this, they are implanted at birth with a "life-clock" crystal in the palm of their hand that changes color as they approach their "Last Day." Most residents accept this promise of rebirth, but those who do not are known as "Runners" and "Sandmen" are assigned to pursue and terminate them.
Enchanted April (1991)
, 1h35Directed by Mike Newell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Miranda Richardson, Josie Lawrence, Polly Walker, Joan Plowright, Alfred Molina, Neville Phillips
Rating72%
Elizabeth von Arnim's novel tells of four dissimilar women in 1920s England who leave their rainy, grey environments to go on holiday in Italy. Mrs Arbuthnot and Mrs Wilkins, who belong to the same ladies' club but have never spoken, become acquainted after reading a newspaper advertisement for a small medieval castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be let furnished for the month of April. They find some common ground in that both are struggling to make the best of unhappy marriages. Having decided to seek other ladies to help share expenses, they reluctantly take on the waspish, elderly Mrs Fisher and the stunning but aloof Lady Caroline Dester. The four women come together at the castle and find rejuvenation in the tranquil beauty of their surroundings, rediscovering hope and love.
You Came Along (1945)
, 1h43Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Robert Cummings, Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Charles Drake, Kim Hunter, Julie Bishop
Rating65%
The film opens with a stanza from the poem "The Sermon of St. Francis" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:
Pride of the Marines (1945)
, 2hDirected by Delmer Daves
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors John Garfield, Eleanor Parker, Dane Clark, John Ridgely, Ann Doran, Mark Stevens
Rating72%
The film is divided in three parts. The first takes place prior to the war where cocky Philadelphia steel worker and "Man's man" Al Schmid (John Garfield) despises the idea of marriage and losing his independence until he meets his match in Ruth Hartley (Eleanor Parker). Ruth takes no nonsense from him and impresses Schmid by enjoying a hunting trip he takes her on.
The Very Thought of You (1944)
, 1h39Directed by Delmer Daves
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Dennis Morgan, Eleanor Parker, Joseph Fiennes, Dane Clark, Faye Emerson, Beulah Bondi
Rating69%
Away for a year and a half serving their country, Army Sergeants Dave (Dennis Morgan) and "Fixit" (Dane Clark) spend a three-day pass in Pasadena, also visiting Dave's alma mater, Caltech.