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Winthrop jumps on board to give Ethel Barrymore unhappy information about her representing the American theatre at an art exposition in Paris. Instead, in a case of mistaken identity, the invitation is delivered to Ethel "Dynamite" Jackson, an All-American Broadway chorus girl.
April in Paris: Directed by David Butler. With Doris Day, Ray Bolger, Claude Dauphin, Eve Miller. A series of misunderstandings leads to a chorus girl traveling to Paris to represent the American theater, where she falls in love with a befuddled bureaucrat.
- (1.5K)
- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- David Butler
- 1953-04-17
April in Paris (1952), a lightweight Warner Brothers musical, was made as a typical vehicle for the hugely popular star Doris Day. It even opened on Christmas Eve, clearly designed to be a frothy holiday entertainment.
- David Butler, Phil Quinn, Lee White
- Doris Day
April in Paris (1952) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Government office worker Sam Winthrop Putnam (Ray Bolger) mistakenly sends an invitation to a prestigious theater festival in Paris to New York City chorus girl...
- (13)
- David Butler
- Musical, Romance
- Doris Day
April in Paris boasts an enchanting score and Doris Day’s delicate phrasing of the title song imbues the lyric with a melancholy that is most affecting. The film’s musical highlight, I’m Gonna Ring the Bell Tonight, is a rollicking dance performed by Day and Bolger in the kitchen of the ocean liner.
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Miss Ethel 'Dynamite' Jackson is a chorus girl who mistakenly receives an invitation from the State Department to represent the American theatre at an arts exposition in Paris, France. There's only one problem: the invitation was meant for Miss Ethel Barrymore.