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Running time 113 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $2,724,000 Box office $6,981,000 An American in Paris is a 1951 American inspired by the 1928 orchestral composition. Starring,,,, and, the film is set in, and was directed by from a script. The music is by, with lyrics by his brother, with additional music by, 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 ', ', ' ', and '. The climax of the film is 'The American in Paris' ballet, a 17-minute dance featuring Kelly and Caron set to Gershwin's.

The ballet sequence cost almost half a million dollars to shoot. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Plot [ ] American Jerry Mulligan () is now an exuberant expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a. His friend and neighbor, Adam Cook (), is a struggling concert pianist who is a longtime associate of a French singer, Henri Baurel ().

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At the ground-floor bar, Henri tells Adam about his cultured girlfriend. Jerry joins them later, before going out to sell his art. A lonely society woman and heiress, Milo Roberts (), finds Jerry displaying his art on the street and takes an interest in him and his art. She brings him to her apartment to pay for his works, and invites him to a dinner party she is throwing later that night. After singing with French children on the way home, Jerry shows up to Milo's apartment. He quickly finds out that the 'party' is actually a one-on-one date, and tells Milo he has no interest in being a paid escort.

When he attempts to leave after giving her money back, she insists that she is only interested in his art. They go to a crowded bar, and she offers to sponsor an art show for Jerry as a friendly gesture.

Some of Milo's friends arrive, and while sitting with them, he sees Lise Bouvier (), a French girl seated at the next table. Jerry ignores Milo and her acquaintances, and instead pretends to know Lise already and dances with her. She is standoffish and gives Jerry a wrong phone number, but she is innocently corrected by someone at her table. Heading home, Milo tells Jerry he was very rude cavorting with a girl he does not know while in her presence, but he gets out of the car and bids her farewell. The next day, Jerry calls Lise at her work, but she tells him to never call her again. Jerry and Milo meet at a cafe, and she informs him that a collector is interested in his paintings and she arranged a showing later that day. Before going to the showing, he goes to the where Lise works and she consents to dinner with him. Rpes 2012 V2 Torrent Iso Files.

She does not want to be seen eating with him in public, but they share a romantic song and dance on the banks of the River in the shadows of. Later, Adam humorously daydreams that he is performing Gershwin's for a gala audience in a concert hall. As the scene progresses, Adam is also revealed to be the conductor, other members of the orchestra, and even an enthusiastic audience member applauding himself at the end. Milo gets Jerry an and tells him she has planned an exhibition of his work in three months. He initially refuses the studio because he does not have the money for it, but eventually accepts it under the condition that he pay Milo back when his art proceeds allow him. Roughly a month later and after much courting, Lise abruptly runs off when she and Jerry arrive by taxi at his apartment. When Jerry complains to Adam, he is shocked to realize that both Henri and Jerry are involved with the same woman.

Henri and Jerry discuss the woman they each love, unaware she is the same woman. That night, Jerry and Lise reunite in the same place on the banks of the Seine close to Notre Dame. She informs him that she is marrying Henri the next day and going to America. Lise feels a sense of duty to Henri, to whom she feels indebted for keeping her safe during World War II. She and Jerry proclaim their love for each other.

Feeling slighted, Jerry invites Milo to the art students' masked ball and kisses her. At the raucous party, with everyone in black-and-white costumes, Milo learns from Adam that Jerry is not interested in her, and Henri overhears Jerry and Lise saying goodbye to each other. When Henri and Lise drive away, Jerry daydreams about being with Lise all over Paris to the tune of the George Gershwin composition.

His reverie is broken by a car horn, the sound of Henri bringing Lise back to him. They embrace as the Gershwin composition (and the film) ends. Cast [ ] • as Jerry Mulligan • as Lise Bouvier • as Adam Cook • as Henri 'Hank' Baurel • as Milo Roberts • as Georges Mattieu • as Jack Jansen (uncredited), best known for playing Dr. Alfred Bellows on the TV series (1965–70), has an uncredited part as a friend of Milo., later to portray Lois Lane on the TV series, has a small role as an American art student who tries to criticize Jerry's paintings. Jazz musician plays the leader of a jazz ensemble performing in the club where Milo first takes Jerry., best known for playing Bruce Wayne's aunt Harriet Cooper on the TV series (1966–68), has an uncredited part as a customer in the perfume shop in which Lise works., better known for her appearance in Kelly's next musical (and as the wife of ), appears as a dancer in the Stairway to Paradise sequence. Music and dance [ ] • ' – Lise • ' – Hank • ' – Jerry, Hank, Adam • ' – Jerry • ' – Jerry, Adam • ' – Jerry, Lise • ' – Hank • – Adam, The MGM Symphony Orchestra • ' ' – Jerry, Hank • Ballet – Jerry, Lise, Ensemble The 17 minute ballet sequence, with sets and costumes referencing French painters including,,,, and, is the climax of the film, and cost the studio approximately $450,000 to produce.

Production on the film was halted on September 15, 1950. Minnelli left to direct another film,. Upon completion of that film in late October, he returned to film the ballet sequence. Box office [ ] According to MGM records, the film earned $3,750,000 in the U.S.

And Canada and $3,231,000 in other countries during its initial theatrical release. This resulted in the studio making a $1,346,000 profit. Awards and honors [ ].

Kelly and Caron dance Academy Awards [ ] Wins •:, producer •:,,, and •: and •:,, and •: and •: Alan Jay Lerner Nominations •: Vincente Minnelli •: Golden Globes [ ] Wins • Nominations •: Vincente Minnelli •: Gene Kelly Others [ ] Kelly received an that year for 'his versatility as an actor, singer, director and dancer, and specifically for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film.' It was his only Oscar.

The film was entered into the. In 1993, An American in Paris was selected for preservation in the United States as being 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant'. Recognition • 1998: – #68 • 2002: – #39 • 2004: – #32 • ' • 2006: – #9 AFI also honored star Kelly as #15 of the top 25. Digital restoration [ ] In 2011, the film was by for its 60th anniversary. Stage adaptations [ ] 2008 adaptation [ ] A stage version of the musical was adapted by, and began previews at the () on April 29, 2008, officially opening on May 18 and running through June 22. The production, directed by Alley artistic director Gregory Boyd with choreography by Randy Skinner, starred and Kerry O'Malley. The musical had many of the film's original songs, and also incorporated other Gershwin songs, such as 'They All Laughed', 'Let's Call the Whole Thing Off', and 'Love Walked In'.

2014 adaptation [ ]. Main article: In 2014, a stage adaptation premiered in Paris at the, with as Jerry Mulligan and as Lise Bouvier (here renamed Lise Dassin and turned into an aspiring ballet dancer). The production, which ran from November to January 2015, was directed and choreographed by, written by and designed. The musical then transferred to, with previews at beginning on March 13, 2015, before officially opening there on April 12.

In popular culture [ ] The epilogue of the 2016 musical film references the set design and costuming of An American in Paris. References [ ].

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Themes from An American in Paris An American in Paris is a -influenced orchestral piece by the American composer, written in 1928. Inspired by the time Gershwin had spent in, it evokes the sights and energy of the French capital in the 1920s and is one of his best-known compositions. Gershwin composed An American in Paris on commission from the conductor. He scored the piece for the standard instruments of the plus,, and automobile horns.

He brought back some Parisian taxi horns for the New York premiere of the composition, which took place on December 13, 1928, in, with Damrosch conducting the. Gershwin completed the orchestration on November 18, less than four weeks before the work's premiere. Gershwin collaborated on the original program notes with the critic and composer, noting that: 'My purpose here is to portray the impression of an American visitor in Paris as he strolls about the city and listens to various street noises and absorbs the French atmosphere.' When the tone poem moves into the, 'our American friend. Has succumbed to a spasm of.'

But, 'nostalgia is not a fatal disease.' The American visitor 'once again is an alert spectator of Parisian life' and 'the street noises and French atmosphere are triumphant.' Contents • • • • • • • • • • Background [ ] Gershwin was attracted by 's unusual chords. Upon Gershwin's request, Ravel accepted him as a student, and Gershwin went on his first trip to Paris in 1926 ready to study. After his initial student audition with Ravel turned into a sharing of musical theories, Ravel said he couldn't teach him but he would send a letter referring him to.

While the studies were cut short, that 1926 trip resulted in the initial version of An American in Paris written as a 'thank you note' to Gershwin's hosts, Robert and Mabel Shirmer. Gershwin called it 'a rhapsodic ballet'; it is written freely and in a much more modern idiom than his prior works. Gershwin strongly encouraged Ravel to come to the United States for a tour. To this end, upon his return to New York, Gershwin joined the efforts of Ravel's friend, a pianist Ravel had met during the War, to urge Ravel to tour the U.S. Schmitz was the head of Pro Musica, promoting Franco-American musical relations, and was able to offer Ravel a $12,000 fee for the tour, an enticement Gershwin knew would be important to Ravel. Gershwin greeted Ravel in New York in February 1928 at the start of Ravel's U.S. Tour, and joined Ravel again later in the tour in Los Angeles.

After a lunch together with in Beverly Hills, Ravel was persuaded to perform an unscheduled 'house concert' in a friend's music salon, performing among kindred spirits. Ravel's tour reignited Gershwin's desire to return to Paris which he did in March 1928. Ravel's high praise of Gershwin in an introductory letter to Boulanger caused Gershwin to seriously consider taking much more time to study abroad in Paris.

Yet after playing for her, she told him she could not teach him. Nadia Boulanger gave Gershwin basically the same advice she gave all of her accomplished master students: 'Don't copy others; be yourself.' In this case, 'Why try to be a second rate Ravel when you are already a first rate Gershwin?' This did not set Gershwin back, as his real intent abroad was to complete a new work based on Paris and perhaps a second rhapsody for piano and orchestra to follow his.

Paris at this time hosted many expatriate writers, among them,,; and artist. Composition [ ] Gershwin based An American in Paris on a melodic fragment called 'Very Parisienne', written in 1926 on his first visit to Paris as a gift to his hosts, Robert and Mabel Schirmer.

He described the piece as a 'rhapsodic ballet' because it was written freely and is more modern than his previous works. Gershwin explained in, 'My purpose here is to portray the impressions of an American visitor in Paris as he strolls about the city, listens to the various street noises, and absorbs the French atmosphere.'

The piece is structured into five sections, which culminate in a loose. Gershwin's first A episode introduces the two main 'walking' themes in the 'Allegretto grazioso' and develops a third theme in the 'Subito con brio'. The style of this A section is written in the typical French style of composers and. This A section featured duple meter, singsong rhythms, and diatonic melodies with the sounds of oboe, English horn, and taxi horns. The B section's 'Andante ma con ritmo deciso' introduces the American and spasms of homesickness. The 'Allegro' that follows continues to express homesickness in a faster.

In the B section, Gershwin uses common time, syncopated rhythms, and bluesy melodies with the sounds of trumpet, saxophone, and snare drum. 'Moderato con grazia' is the last A section that returns to the themes set in A.

After recapitulating the 'walking' themes, Gershwin overlays the slow blues theme from section B in the final “Grandioso.” Instrumentation [ ] An American in Paris is scored for 3 (3rd doubling on ), 2,, 2 in, in B-flat, 2, 4 in F, 3 in B-flat, 3,,,,,,,, low and high,,,, 4 labeled as A, B, C and D with circles around them, /, /soprano saxophone/alto saxophone, /soprano saxophone/alto saxophone, and. Although most modern audiences have heard the taxi horns using the notes A, B, C and D, it has recently come to light that Gershwin's intention was to have used the notes A ♭, B ♭ 4, D 5, and A 4. It is likely that in labeling the taxi horns as A, B, C and D with circles, he may have been referring to the use of the four different horns and not the notes that they played. The revised edition by F. Campbell-Watson calls for three saxophones, alto, tenor and baritone. In this arrangement the soprano and alto doublings have been rewritten to avoid changing instruments. In 2000 Gershwin specialist made his own restoration of the original orchestration of An American in Paris, working directly from Gershwin's original manuscript, including the restoration of Gershwin's soprano saxophone parts removed in F.

Campbell-Watson's revision; Gibbons' restored orchestration of An American in Paris was performed at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall on July 9, 2000 by the City of Oxford Orchestra conducted by Levon Parikian arranged the score for piano solo which was published by New World Music in 1929. Response [ ] Gershwin did not particularly like Walter Damrosch's interpretation at the world premiere of An American in Paris. He stated that Damrosch's sluggish, dragging tempo caused him to walk out of the hall during a matinee performance of this work. The audience, according to Edward Cushing, responded with 'a demonstration of enthusiasm impressively genuine in contrast to the conventional applause which new music, good and bad, ordinarily arouses.' Critics believed that An American in Paris was better crafted than his lukewarm.

Some did not think it belonged in a program with classical composers,, or on its premiere. Gershwin responded to the critics, 'It's not a Beethoven Symphony, you know. It's a humorous piece, nothing solemn about it. It's not intended to draw tears.

If it pleases symphony audiences as a light, jolly piece, a series of impressions musically expressed, it succeeds.' Preservation status [ ] On September 22, 2013, it was announced that a musicological of the full orchestral score will be eventually released.

The Gershwin family, working in conjunction with the and the, are working to make scores available to the public that represent Gershwin's true intent. It is unknown if the critical score will include the four minutes of material Gershwin later deleted from the work (such as the restatement of the blues theme after the faster 12 bar blues section), or if the score will document changes in the orchestration during Gershwin's composition process. The score to An American in Paris is currently scheduled to be issued first in a series of scores to be released.

The entire project may take 30 to 40 years to complete, but An American in Paris will be an early volume in the series. Two of the work have been published by the German publisher B-Note Music in 2015. The changes made by Campbell-Watson have been withdrawn in both editions. In the extended urtext, 120 bars of music have been re-integrated.

Conductor Walter Damrosch had cut them shortly before the first performance. Recordings [ ]. First recording An American in Paris has been frequently recorded.

The first recording was made for in 1929 with conducting the, drawn from members of the. Gershwin was on hand to 'supervise' the recording; however, Shilkret was reported to be in charge and eventually asked the composer to leave the recording studio.

Then, a little later, Shilkret discovered there was no one to play the brief solo during the slow section, so he hastily asked Gershwin if he might play the solo; Gershwin said he could and so he briefly participated in the actual recording. This recording is believed to use the taxi horns in the way that Gershwin had intended using the notes A flat, B flat, a higher C and a lower D. The radio broadcast of the September 8, 1937 Hollywood Bowl George Gershwin Memorial Concert, in which An American in Paris, also conducted by Shilkret, was second on the program, was recorded and was released in 1998 in a two-CD set. And the recorded the work for RCA Victor, including one of the first stereo recordings of the music. In 1945, conducting the recorded the piece for, one of the few commercial recordings Toscanini made of music by an American composer. The also recorded a version in 1990 of Gershwin's original score, before he made numerous edits resulting in the score as we hear it today. Released a version of the blues section on his 1953 album One Night Stand, recorded live at the ( GL 522 and CL 522).

Use in film [ ] In 1951, released the musical film, featuring and. Winning the 1951 Best Picture Oscar and numerous other awards, the film was directed by, featured many tunes of Gershwin, and concluded with an extensive, elaborate dance sequence built around the An American in Paris symphonic poem (arranged for the film by ), costing $500,000. References [ ].