An American in Paris - Gershwin Brothers
by Claire J Rottenberg
"An American in Paris," the Academy Award
winner for Best Picture in 1951, has a score by
George and Ira Gershwin. All of the songs, however,
were from earlier Gershwin plays and movies. Included
in the score are Embraceable You,
I Got Rhythm and Stairway to
Paradise.
"An American in Paris" was directed by
Vincent Minnelli with choreography by Gene Kelly. The
film starred Kelly and Leslie Caron with a dancing
role by Cyd Charisse.
The story is about a struggling American artist,
living in Paris, who becomes involved with two women
- a beautiful young woman with whom he falls in love
and an older woman who wants to sponsor him. The
beautiful young woman is involved with another man
but, still, she falls in love with the artist. In the
end, love prevails and there is a happy ending for
the artist and his young woman.
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