The film won six Oscars in 1951 for Best Picture, Best Artistic Effects, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Score, and Best Screenplay.
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Jerry Morion (Gene Kelly) is a poor American painter living in Paris. Through his friend pianist Adam (Oscar Levant), Jerry meets a popular French artist. Singer Henry (George Guétary). Soon Jerry is appreciated by a wealthy lady Mai Luo (Nina Foch Nina Foch ornaments) and sponsored to paint, but he fell in love with the department store young saleswoman Liz (Leslie Caron ornaments) . Unexpectedly, Liz turned out to be Henry's girlfriend. Unbeknownst to him, Henry also persuaded Jerry to have the courage to fight for love. All the contradictions gathered and intensified in a grand black and white ball. After Jerry learned the news that Liz was going to marry Henry, he imagined that the two would sing and dance in romantic Paris for the last time. But does true love die like this forever?
The film won six Oscars in 1951 for Best Picture, Best Artistic Effects, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Score, and Best Screenplay.
The film won six Oscars in 1951 for Best Picture, Best Artistic Effects, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Score, and Best Screenplay.
Extended Reading
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Jerry Mulligan: Civilization has a natural resistance to improving itself.
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Jerry Mulligan: I came to Paris to study and to paint, because Utrillo did, and Lautrec did, and Roualt did. I loved what they created and I thought something would happen to me too. Well, it happened all right. Now, what have I got left? Paris. Maybe that's enough for some, but it isn't for me anymore, because the more beautiful everything is, the more it will hurt without you.