An American in Paris (film)
An American in Paris is a 1951 American musical film inspired by the 1928 orchestral composition by George Gershwin. Starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Gutary, 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 Saul Chaplin, the music director.
American World War II veteran Jerry Mulligan Gene Kelly is now an exuberant expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend and neighbor, Adam Cook Oscar Levant, is a struggling concert pianist who is a longtime associate of a French singer, Henri Baurel Georges Gutary. At the groundfloor bar, Henri tells Adam about his cultured girlfriend. Jerry joins them later, before going out to sell his art.A lonely society woman and heiress, Milo Roberts Nina Foch, finds Jerry displaying his art on the street and takes an interest in him and his art. She brings him to her apartment to pay for his works, and invites him to a dinner party she is throwing later that night. After singing with French children on the way home, Jerry shows up to Milos apartment. He quickly finds out that the party is actually a oneonone date, and tells Milo he has no interest in being a paid escort. When he attempts to leave after giving her money back, she insists that she is only interested in his art. ........
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