An American in Paris (1951)
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Genre : Comedy, Music, Romance
Runtime : 1H 53M
Director : Vincente Minnelli
Writer : Alan Jay Lerner
Synopsis
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.
Jerry Mulligan
Lise Bouvier
Adam Cook
Henri Baurel
Milo Roberts
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Child in Ballet (uncredited)
Frenchman (uncredited)
Mathilde Mattieu (uncredited)
Smiling Young Man (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Edna Mae Bestram (uncredited)
Patron at Flodair Café (uncredited)
Maid (uncredited)
Bartender (uncredited)
Georges Matthieu (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Artist (uncredited)
Saxophonist in Cafe (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Patron at Flodair Café / Dancing Partner (uncredited)
Dancing G.I. (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Spectator at Show (uncredited)
Therese (uncredited)
Woman with Cats (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Patron at Flodair Café (uncredited)
Waiter (uncredited)
Patron at Flodair Café (uncredited)
François (uncredited)
Bartender (uncredited)
Boy (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Waiter (uncredited)
Girl (uncredited)
Driver (uncredited)
Jack Jansen (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Dancing G.I. (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Man at Shutters (uncredited)
Child in Ballet (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Boy (uncredited)
Boy (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Dancing G.I. (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Child in Ballet (uncredited)
Club Patron (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Nun / Artist / French Girl (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Girl (uncredited)
Nun / Woman at Table (uncredited)
Bearded Painter (uncredited)
Fury (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Girl at Ball (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Winston Churchill (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
John McDowd (uncredited)
Boy with Bubble Gum (uncredited)
Young Man at Mirror (uncredited)
Rugged G.I. (uncredited)
Fury (uncredited)
Fury (uncredited)
Fury (uncredited)
Man with Books (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
American Girl (uncredited)
Kay Jansen (uncredited)
Man (uncredited)
Reveler at Art Students Ball (uncredited)
Postman (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Boy with Bubble Gum (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Boy with Bubble Gum (uncredited)
Boy (uncredited)
Man at Table (uncredited)
Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Dancing G.I. (uncredited)
Tommy Baldwin (uncredited)
Child in Ballet (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Frenchwoman (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
G.I. (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Boy (uncredited)
Fury (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Child in Ballet (uncredited)
Ben Macrow (uncredited)
G.I. (uncredited)
Flower Lady (uncredited)
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
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