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What a joy! It's M-G-M's Technicolor musical! - An American in Paris
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Title: An American in Paris

Release Date: 26 Sep 1951

Runtime: 1h 53m

Genre: Music, Romance, Comedy

Director: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Overview: Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.

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Average Vote: 7 (582 votes)

Cast

  • Jerry Mulligan: Gene Kelly
  • Lise Bouvier: Leslie Caron
  • Adam Cook: Oscar Levant
  • Henri Baurel: Georges Guétary
  • Milo Roberts: Nina Foch
  • Ballet Dancer (uncredited): Robert Ames
  • Child in Ballet (uncredited): Joan Anderson
  • Frenchman (uncredited): Larry Arnold
  • Mathilde Mattieu (uncredited): Martha Bamattre
  • Smiling Young Man (uncredited): Charles Bastin
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