Big Screen Classics: An American in Paris (1951)
Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman. (NR, 114 min.)
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Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron sing and dance to the music of George and Ira Gershwin in this winner of six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. When ex-GI Jerry Mulligan (Kelly) remains in Paris to pursue life as an artist, he is discovered by a wealthy patroness interested in more than his art. But Mulligan falls in love with a French shop girl (Caron) who is engaged to his best friend.
Starring: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Genre(s): Drama, Musical, Romance
"Fresher than ever."
— Geoffrey Macnab, Independent (UK)
"An extravagant charmer."
— William Thomas, Empire Magazine
"One of the great MGM musicals."
— Kate Muir, Times (UK)
"Gene Kelly -- star and choreographer -- never lets the jig-time slacken. The picture runs up the stairs and dances down the street. It never rests."
— Helen Bower, Detroit Free Press
"Inspired by the late George Gershwin's impressionistic musical suite of the same name, the picture is one of the finest musicals Hollywood has ever produced."
— Kate Cameron, New York Daily News
"One of the most imaginative musical confections turned out by Hollywood in years."
— Variety Staff, Variety
"This 1951 film is absolutely required viewing for anyone who wants to see the studio system (MGM style) at its gaudiest, most Byzantine height."
— Don Druker, Chicago Reader
"An American in Paris offers wit, beauty, charm, smart dancing, happy music, melodious singing, and originality. There's nostalgia, as well, for those who have known and loved Paris."
— Marjory Adams, Boston Globe
"A grand show -- a brilliant combination of Hollywood's opulence and technical wizardry with the kind of taste and creativeness that most high-budgeted musicals notoriously lack."
— TIME Staff, TIME Magazine
"A fluid, beautifully picturesque affair, this elaborate development of the boy-meets-girl theme is as lavish and handsome an offering as any entertainment seeker ever found for the price."
— Mae Tinee, Chicago Tribune
"An American in Paris assures enjoyment for the public as few pictures have done thus far this season. It is original, gay and different. It has plenty or entertainment. It climaxes in a radiant artistic carnival that is indeed unique."
— Edwin Schallert, Los Angeles Times
"Virtues abound -- an all-Gershwin score, a likely tale, adept Gene Kelly, a delightful newcomer named Leslie Caron, a windup of dancing before imaginative settings and over all a spirit of crisp originality and sophistication."
— Richard L. Coe, Washington Post
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