An American in Paris (1951)

Recommended

USA

Feature Film

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Writer: Alan Jay Lerner

Cinematographer: Alfred Gilks

Composer: Conrad Salinger

Choreographer: Gene Kelly

Cast: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary, Nina Foch

A struggling American painter, living in Paris, falls for a pretty young shop assistant who, unbeknownst to either of them, is being courted by a friend of his; to complicate matters further, a rich American lady, who offers to promote his artistic career, also has romantic intentions towards him, in this exuberantly joyous musical, packed with wit, style, and eye-catching song-and-dance numbers. Iain.Stott