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An American in Paris

Lists: Comedy, Musicals, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Academy Award Best Picture Winners - All Time, Best Picture Winners from the 1950s, Music, Best Picture nominee 1950 to 1959

Brief Synopsis: "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's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel (Georges Guétary). A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts (Nina Foch) takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art."

Overall Ranking: 1238 (Rank from 1951: # 2)


Rating:
77
Adjusted* Rating:
(lowest rating dropped)
80.25

Ratings Breakdown
(The Mixed Bag)

Buttery 20%
Regular 60%
Half-Popped 20%
Stale 0%
Burnt 0%




 


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Annwyn S90
Cinephile Catherine80
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Brittani Burnham of Rambling Film71(full review)
Rob from GuysFilmQuest64 - There was some great dancing and the story was decent, but it was overly long and it didn't age well.

People Involved



  • Gene Kelly (Jerry Mulligan)
  • Leslie Caron (Lise Bouvier)
  • Oscar Levant (Adam Cook)
  • Georges Guétary (Henri Baurel)
  • Nina Foch (Milo Roberts)
  • Vincente Minnelli (Director)