- "An American in Paris" was originally a symphonic poem written by composer George Gershwin, expressing his joy when he first saw Paris. After MGM bought the right to shoot the song, screenwriter Alan Jay Le Na followed the tune and imagined a love story .
- Gene Kelly saw Carly Jane dance while on vacation in Paris and recommended her for the lead actress because he thought a French film should have a French actress in it .
- Carly Jane was not familiar with English when she took the film, so she made up for it. Fortunately, she did not have many lines in the film, so she did not reveal her strangeness to English. .
- MGM spent nearly $500,000 for final 17 minutes of group dance .
- In the film, Gene Kelly pioneered the dance model of adding modern dance to classical ballet, and later musical films such as "West Side Story" and "Dance Out of My Life" adopted this dance form .
An American in Paris behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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Bailey 2022-03-28 09:01:12
Decisively fell asleep at a certain singing and dancing exercise... This kind of meme of my own NTR is really useful!
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Arden 2022-03-18 09:01:08
The heroine is ugly and cheating, the poor second male is so happy to be wearing a green hat, and the poor second female is used as a spare tire not to mention the money, the more the female lead looks like Sister Feng. . . . Supplement: Originally it was 3 stars, but the bizarrely long song and dance and the fucking ending made me change it to 2 stars
Top cast
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Jerry Mulligan: Well, uh, with a binding like you've got, people are going to want to know what's in the book.
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Lise Bouvier: Jerry, if it means anything to you, I love you.