FREE: VHS "AN AMERICAN IN PARIS" GENE KELLY,LESLIE CARON, 8 OSCAR NOMINATIONS! MUSICAL ,GERSHWIN

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This colorful, fanciful film added a splash of zestful excitement and entertainment to audiences of 1951, in the year of "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "A Place In The Sun". The MGM musicals don't get any better than this one because it's got everything: romance, excitement, music, song, dance, and thrills. Vincente Minnelli's expert direction and cinematography captures some of the most enchanting sights of post-WWII Paris, as seen through the eyes of a light-hearted painter (Gene Kelly, whose indescribably brilliant choreography for this film won him a special Oscar). Accidentally meeting up with a young French girl (Leslie Caron, in her film debut), he is immediately smitten and courts her... though she is secretly engaged to another man (Georges Guetary). Kelly also manages to get himself tangled with a wealthy heiress (Nina Foch) who tries to bring his work to the attention of Paris' art critics. In the background, Oscar Levant's acid wit shines as Kelly's pianist friend. Any scene in the film is worth seeing the whole film: Kelly's charming take on "I Got Rhythm", teaching the song to a group of French youngsters, Kelly's achingly romantic wooing of Caron "Our Love Is Here To Stay" by the Seine, or best of all, the incredible 17-minute dream sequence ballet. This marvelous piece of cinematic achievement combines George Gershwin's "American In Paris" symphony along with the great works of Paris's greatest artists as backgrounds, sparking the most innovative dance number of all time, and perhaps best represents the MGM musical. This masterpiece should be enjoyed by every generation
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