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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 ...
An American in Paris: Directed by Vincente Minnelli. With Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary. Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.
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- Drama, Musical, Romance
- Vincente Minnelli
- 1951-11-11
An American in Paris is a jazz-influenced symphonic poem (or tone poem) for orchestra by American composer George Gershwin first performed in 1928. It was inspired by the time that Gershwin had spent in Paris and evokes the sights and energy of the French capital during the Années folles.
Jerry Mulligan (Gene Kelly) is an American ex-GI who stays in post-war Paris to become a painter, and falls for the gamine charms of Lise Bouvier (Leslie Caron).
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- Gene Kelly
- Vincente Minnelli
- Musical, Romance
Oct 2, 1992 · Its story of two Americans in Montparnasse - a struggling painter ( Gene Kelly) and a perennial piano student ( Oscar Levant) - is essentially a clothesline on which to hang recycled Gershwin songs ("I Got Rhythm," "S'Wonderful") and a corny story of love won, lost, and won again.
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An American In Paris. Winner of six Oscars, including Best Picture, this musical triumph stars hoofer Gene Kelly as a struggling American artist torn between a wealthy American womanand a French dancer. 2,010 IMDb 7.1 1 h 53 min 1951. X-Ray 13+. Arts, Entertainment, and Culture · Drama · Feel-good · Joyous. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $3.99.
Jerry Mulligan (Gene Kelly) is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam (Oscar Levant) is a struggling concert pianist who is a long time associate of a French singer, Henri Baurel (Georges Guétary).
