An American in Paris (1951)

09/26/1951 (US) • 1h 53m

Music, Romance, Comedy

What a joy! It's M-G-M's Technicolor musical!

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.

Top Billed Cast

Gene Kelly

Jerry Mulligan

Leslie Caron

Lise Bouvier

Oscar Levant

Adam Cook

Georges Guétary

Henri Baurel

Nina Foch

Milo Roberts

Robert Ames

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

Joan Anderson

Child in Ballet (uncredited)

Larry Arnold

Frenchman (uncredited)

Martha Bamattre

Mathilde Mattieu (uncredited)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$5,635,000.00

Revenue

$6,981,000.00

Keywords

new year's eve

paris, france

musical

painter

parfum

singing

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