An American in Paris (1951)


Gene Kelly            Jerry Mulligan
Leslie Caron          Lise Bouvier
Oscar Levant          Adam Cook
Georges Guétary       Henri Baurel (as Georges Guetary)
Nina Foch             Milo Roberts
The American In Paris Ballet       Ballet Dancers

Directed by:          n/a
Produced by:          Arthur Freed


Jerry Mulligan, a struggling American painter in Paris, is "discovered" by an influential heiress 
with an interest in more than Jerry's art. Jerry in turn falls for Lise, a young French girl already 
engaged to a cabaret singer. Jerry jokes, sings and dances with his best friend, an acerbic would-be 
concert pianist, while romantic complications abound.

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Jerry Mulligan is an ex-GI and struggling artist in postwar Paris. His friend Adam Cook is a piano 
player in a nearby cafe, a sarcastic and morose individual who offers nothing but discouragement to 
Jerry. However, another friend, Henri Baurel, is more helpful. Henri tells his pal he is going to marry 
a wonderful girl, a dancer he rescued from the Nazis during the war. Jerry, meanwhile, is discovered by 
a wealthy patron who buys his paintings. Enjoying his newfound success, Jerry goes to a nightclub where 
he meets Lise. The two fall in love, but Lise confesses she is already engaged to Henri.