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Gella Family Movie: An American in Paris
June 12, 2019 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
An American in Paris
1951 Rating NR 114 minutes
Showing: Wednesday June 12, 2019 6:00PM
Buy your tickets in advance at Westwood Cinema! These showings often sell out.
An American in Paris is a 1951 American musical film inspired by the 1928 orchestral composition An American in Paris by George Gershwin. Starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary, and Nina Foch, the film is set in Paris, and was directed by Vincente Minnellifrom 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.
The story of the film is interspersed with dance numbers choreographed by Gene Kelly and set to Gershwin’s music. Songs and music include “I Got Rhythm“, “I’ll Build A Stairway to Paradise“, “‘S Wonderful“, and “Love Is Here to Stay“. The climax of the film is “The American in Paris” ballet, a 17-minute dance featuring Kelly and Caron set to Gershwin’s An American in Paris. The ballet sequence cost almost half a million dollars to shoot.
