An American in Paris (1951)
An American in Paris (1951)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Gene Kelly
Jerry Mulligan / Choreographer
Leslie Caron
Lise Bouvier
Oscar Levant
Adam Cook
Georges Guétary
Henri Baurel
Nina Foch
Milo Roberts
Robert Ames
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Joan Anderson
Child in Ballet (uncredited)
Larry Arnold
Frenchman (uncredited)
Martha Bamattre
Mathilde Mattieu (uncredited)
Charles Bastin
Smiling Young Man (uncredited)
Joan Bayley
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Rodney Bieber
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Madge Blake
Edna Mae Bestram (uncredited)
Ralph Blum
Patron at Flodair Café (uncredited)
Nan Boardman
Maid (uncredited)
Dino Bolognese
Bartender (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
Georges Matthieu (uncredited)
Ann Brendon
Dancer (uncredited)
Peter Camlin
Artist (uncredited)
Benny Carter
Saxophonist in Cafe (uncredited)
Sue Casey
Dancer (uncredited)
Monique Chantal
Audience Member (uncredited)
Andre Charisse
Patron at Flodair Café / Dancing Partner (uncredited)
Bill Chatham
Dancing G.I. (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Audience Member (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
Spectator at Show (uncredited)
Ann Codee
Therese (uncredited)
Louise Colombet
Woman with Cats (uncredited)
Allan Cook
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Paul Cristo
Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Susan Cummings
Patron at Flodair Café (uncredited)
Albert D'Arno
Waiter (uncredited)
Viola Daniels
Patron at Flodair Café (uncredited)
George Davis
François (uncredited)
Paul De Corday
Bartender (uncredited)
René de Loffre
Boy (uncredited)
Gloria Dea
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
George Dee
Waiter (uncredited)
Jeannine Ducasse
Girl (uncredited)
Art Dupuis
Driver (uncredited)
John Eldredge
Jack Jansen (uncredited)
Carli Elinor
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Marietta Elliott
Dancer (uncredited)
George Ellsworth
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Luigi Faccuito
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ernie Flatt
Dancing G.I. (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Clair Freeman
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Mary Jane French
Dancer (uncredited)
Captain Garcia
Man at Shutters (uncredited)
Jon Gardner
Child in Ballet (uncredited)
Mary Gleason
Dancer (uncredited)
Shirley Glickman
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ricky Gonzales
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ricardo Gonzáles
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Alex Goudovitch
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Andre Guy
Boy (uncredited)
Claude Guy
Boy (uncredited)
Patricia Hall
Dancer (uncredited)
Betty Hannon
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Jack Harmon
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Jean Harrison
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Lars Hensen
Party Guest (uncredited)
Marian Horosko
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Don Hulbert
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Dickie Humphreys
Dancing G.I. (uncredited)
Harvey Karels
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
David Kasday
Child in Ballet (uncredited)
Paul King
Club Patron (uncredited)
Stephen Kirchner
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Isabel La Mal
Audience Member (uncredited)
Tommy Ladd
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Jeanne Lafayette
Nun / Artist / French Girl (uncredited)
Judy Landon
Dancer (uncredited)
Richard Landry
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Michele Lange
Audience Member (uncredited)
Numa Lapeyre
Girl (uncredited)
Louise Laureau
Nun / Woman at Table (uncredited)
Louis Laurent
Bearded Painter (uncredited)
Janet Lavis
Fury (uncredited)
Meredith Leeds
Dancer (uncredited)
Diki Lerner
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ruth Lewis
Girl at Ball (uncredited)
Shirley Lopez
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ralph Madlener
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Bert Madrid
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Dudley Field Malone
Winston Churchill (uncredited)
Bob Mascagno
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Charles Mauu
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Paul Maxey
John McDowd (uncredited)
Anthony Mazzola
Boy with Bubble Gum (uncredited)
Leonard A. Mazzola
Young Man at Mirror (uncredited)
Greg McClure
Rugged G.I. (uncredited)
Svetlana McLe
Fury (uncredited)
Mary Menzies
Fury (uncredited)
Sheila Meyers
Fury (uncredited)
Charles Millsfield
Man with Books (uncredited)
Leo Mostovoy
Audience Member (uncredited)
Noel Neill
American Girl (uncredited)
Anna Q. Nilsson
Kay Jansen (uncredited)
Allen O'Locklin
Man (uncredited)
Charles Owens
Reveler at Art Students Ball (uncredited)
Alfred Paix
Postman (uncredited)
Jetsy Parker
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Christian Pasques
Boy with Bubble Gum (uncredited)
Hamil Petroff
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Lucien Plauzoles
Boy with Bubble Gum (uncredited)
Pierre Plauzoles
Boy (uncredited)
Albert Pollet
Man at Table (uncredited)
Waclaw Rekwart
Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Ricky Ricardi
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Carol Risser
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Marilyn Rogers
Dancer (uncredited)
Jean Romaine
Dancer (uncredited)
Alex Romero
Dancing G.I. (uncredited)
Hayden Rorke
Tommy Baldwin (uncredited)
Dennis Ross
Child in Ballet (uncredited)
Albert Ruiz
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Marilyn Russell
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Betty Scott
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Linda Scott
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Rudolph Silva
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Pat Simms
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Mabel Smaney
Frenchwoman (uncredited)
Melba Snowden
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
John Stanley
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Sam Strangis
G.I. (uncredited)
Beverly Thompson
Dancer (uncredited)
Peter Troiekouroff
Boy (uncredited)
Dee Turnell
Fury (uncredited)
Dorothy Tuttle
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Maya Van Horn
Audience Member (uncredited)
Pat Volasko
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Dorothy Ward
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ray Weamer
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Pamela Wells
Child in Ballet (uncredited)
Dick Wessel
Ben Macrow (uncredited)
Herbert Winters
G.I. (uncredited)
Mary Young
Flower Lady (uncredited)
Lila Zali
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Vincente Minnelli
Director
Alan Jay Lerner
Screenplay / Story
Arthur Freed
Producer
Van Allen James
Sound Editor
Adrienne Fazan
Editor
E. Preston Ames
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
George Gershwin
Music / Songs
Alfred Gilks
Director of Photography
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 26, 1951
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 53m
Budget$5,635,000
Box Office$6,981,000
Genres
Wiki.
An American in Paris is a 1951 American musical romantic comedy film inspired by the 1928 jazz-influenced symphonic poem (or tone poem) An American in Paris by George Gershwin. Starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron (her film debut), Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary, and Nina Foch, the film is set in Paris, and was directed by Vincente Minnelli from a script by Alan Jay Lerner. The music is by George Gershwin, with lyrics by his brother Ira, with additional music by Johnny Green, and Saul Chaplin, the music directors.
The story of the film is interspersed with dance numbers choreographed by Gene Kelly and set to Gershwin's music. MGM executive Arthur Freed bought the Gershwin musical catalog from George's brother Ira in the late 1940s, since George died in 1937. Some of the tunes in this catalog were included in the movie, such as "I Got Rhythm" and "Love Is Here to Stay". Other songs in the movie include "I'll Build A Stairway to Paradise" and "'S Wonderful". The climax of the film is "The American in Paris" ballet, a 17-minute dialogue-free dance featuring Kelly and Caron set to Gershwin's An American in Paris, with sets designed in the styles of various French artists. The ballet sequence cost almost half a million dollars to shoot. It was filmed on 44 sets in MGM's back lot. According to Leslie Caron in a 2009 interview on Paul O'Grady's interview show, the film ran into controversy with the Hays Office over part of her earlier dance sequence with a chair; the censor viewing the scene called it "sexually provocative", which surprised Caron, who answered "What can you do with a chair?"
An American in Paris was an enormous success, garnering eight Academy Award nominations and winning six (including Best Picture), as well as earning other industry honors. In 1993, it was selected for preservation by the United States Library of Congress in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". It is ranked number nine among AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals.