An American in Paris is a 1951 musical film based on the classical composition by George Gershwin. Starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, was set in Paris, and directed by Vincente Minnelli from a script by Alan Jay Lerner. All of the music in the film is by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin. The climax of the film is 18 minutes of dancing featuring Kelly and Caron, set to Gershwin's An American In Paris. File links The following pages link to this file: An American in Paris (movie) Categories: Video covers ... Vincente Minnelli was the professional name of Lester Anthony Minnelli (February 28, 1903 - January 24, 1986) who was born in Chicago, Illinois. ... Alan Jay Lerner (born August 31, 1918 in New York City, United States ? died there on June 14, 1986) was a Broadway lyricist and librettist. ... Gene Kelly (1912-1996) Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996 in Beverly Hills, California) was an American dancer, actor, singer, director, and choreographer. ... Leslie Caron (b. ... Arthur Freed (September 9, 1894 _ April 12, 1973) was born in Charleston, South Carolina. ... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in Leap years). ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... A musical film belongs to a film genre that features songs, sung by the actors, interwoven into the narrative. ... George Gershwin photograph by Edward Steichen in 1927. ... Gene Kelly (1912-1996) Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996 in Beverly Hills, California) was an American dancer, actor, singer, director, and choreographer. ... Leslie Caron (b. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Vincente Minnelli was the professional name of Lester Anthony Minnelli (February 28, 1903 - January 24, 1986) who was born in Chicago, Illinois. ... Alan Jay Lerner (born August 31, 1918 in New York City, United States ? died there on June 14, 1986) was a Broadway lyricist and librettist. ... George Gershwin photograph by Edward Steichen in 1927. ... George (left) and Ira Gershwin Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershowitz) (December 6, 1896 - August 17, 1983) American lyricist, collaborator with, and brother of George Gershwin He is interred in the Westchester Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. ... An American in Paris is a symphonic composition by American composer George Gershwin which debuted in 1928. ...

Plot

Jerry Mulligan (Kelly) is an American expatriate trying to make a living in Paris as a painter. His friend Adam (Levant) is a struggling pianist who's a long time associate of a famous singer Henri Baurel (Georges Guétary). A lonely society woman (Nina Foch) takes Jerry under her wing only for Jerry to fall for Lise (Leslie Caron), a girl he sees at a party. Lise falls for him as well, but she is already engaged to Henri. The plot is interspersed with show stopping Gershwin tunes with dancing choreographed by Gene Kelly. Songs include "I've Got Rhythm", "S'Wonderful", "Our Love Is Here To Stay", and "Concert in F for Piano and Orchestra".

Award wins:

• Academy Award for Best Picture - Arthur Freed, producer
• Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
• Academy Award for Best Art - Set Decoration, Color - E. Preston Ames, Cedric Gibbons, F. Keogh Gleason, and Edwin B. Willis
• Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color - John Alton and Alfred Gilks
• Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color - Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, and Irene Sharaff
• Academy Award for Best Musical Score - Saul Chaplin and Johnny Green
• Academy Award for Best Writing, Scoring and Screenplay - Alan Jay Lerner
• Writers Guild of America Award for Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen - Alan Jay Lerner

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Award nominations:

• Academy Award for Best Director - Vincente Minnelli
• Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture - Vincente Minnelli
• Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy - Gene Kelly
• Academy Award for Best Film Editing - Adrienne Fazan

Gene Kelly received an honorary Academy Award that year for "his versatility as an actor, singer, director and dancer, and specifically for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film." It was his only Oscar. The Academy Award for Directing is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ... Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture has been awarded annually since 1944 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. ... The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951. ... Gene Kelly (1912-1996) Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996 in Beverly Hills, California) was an American dancer, actor, singer, director, and choreographer. ... The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934. ... Gene Kelly (1912-1996) Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996 in Beverly Hills, California) was an American dancer, actor, singer, director, and choreographer. ...

The film has also been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. ...

Trivia

The film was shot on Hollywood sets, so it features some quirks in the occasional French dialogue. Notably, near the beginning of the I got rhythm number, one of the "French" kids says Jerry, parle anglais à nous, which sounds rather curious. In the French soundtrack, which switches to the original sound for the duration of the songs, the à nous is masked thru a plop sound, to make the sentence more palatable.

Hollywood movies referencing France seldom use location shooting or native speakers. Great care is however sometimes put into reproducing Paris surroundings, like in this American in Paris or in Irma La Douce. Ironically, a lot of older French Paris-based movies were studio work as well and the same art directors (eg. Alexandre Trauner) were sometimes working on both sides of the ocean... First language (native language, mother tongue) is the language a person learns first. ... Irma la Douce is a 1956 French stage musical whose book and lyrics were written by Alexandre Breffort with music by Marguerite Monnot. ...

Oscar Levant, who plays Adam Cook. was one of George Gershwin's closest friends in real life.