An American in Paris

About An American in Paris

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.

An American in Paris (1951) is a comedy music film directed by Vincente Minnelli. Released in September 1951, it runs 113 minutes.

Gene Kelly takes the lead as Jerry Mulligan, Leslie Caron as Lise Bouvier, Oscar Levant as Adam Cook, and Georges Guétary as Henri Baurel. Written by Alan Jay Lerner. It was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Shelv files it under new year's eve, singing, painter, and parfum.

Holiday Inn, The Greatest Showman, and Sing make useful companions to An American in Paris, all filed under musical. It scores 7.0 out of 10 from 686 TMDB voters and it carries a G rating.