Principal cast
Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary and Nina Foch
Film 68 of 498 on the Screen Path
An American in Paris
What a joy! It's M-G-M's Technicolor musical!
About the film
An American in Paris at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1951 film at stop 68 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
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.
Key craft credits
Alfred Gilks (director of photography), Adrienne Fazan (editor), Conrad Salinger (original music composer), George Gershwin (original music composer) and Alan Jay Lerner (screenplay)
- Director
- Vincente Minnelli
- Release
- 1951-09-26
- Runtime
- 113 minutes
- Genres
- Music, Romance and Comedy
- Country
- United States
- Quiz
- 50 questions
The Screen Path journey
Before. After. Remember.
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Before you watch
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Quiz yourself
Answer 50 questions with clear rationales designed to make the ideas stick.
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Full cast
- Gene KellyCharacter: Jerry Mulligan
- Leslie CaronCharacter: Lise Bouvier
- Oscar LevantCharacter: Adam Cook
- Georges GuétaryCharacter: Henri Baurel
- Nina FochCharacter: Milo Roberts
- Robert AmesCharacter: Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
- Joan AndersonCharacter: Child in Ballet (uncredited)
- Larry ArnoldCharacter: Frenchman (uncredited)
- Martha BamattreCharacter: Mathilde Mattieu (uncredited)
- Charles BastinCharacter: Smiling Young Man (uncredited)
- Joan BayleyCharacter: Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
- Rodney BieberCharacter: Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Full crew
Full crew
- Vincente MinnelliCredits: Director
- Alan Jay LernerCredits: Screenplay, Story
- Van Allen JamesCredits: Sound Editor
- Adrienne FazanCredits: Editor
- Arthur FreedCredits: Producer
- Edwin B. WillisCredits: Set Decoration
- Cedric GibbonsCredits: Art Direction
- Alfred GilksCredits: Director of Photography
- Orry-KellyCredits: Costume Design
- E. Preston AmesCredits: Art Direction
- Ira GershwinCredits: Lyricist
- Irene SharaffCredits: Costume Design
- Walter PlunkettCredits: Costume Design
- George GershwinCredits: Songs, Original Music Composer
- J.J. CohnCredits: Unit Manager
- Edward WoehlerCredits: Assistant Director
- Jay MarchantCredits: Unit Manager
- F. Keogh GleasonCredits: Assistant Set Decoration
- John TruweCredits: Makeup Artist
- Henry GreutertCredits: Sculptor
- Alfred RabochCredits: Assistant Director
- Walter StrohmCredits: Production Manager
- Conrad SalingerCredits: Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- Robert J. SchifferCredits: Makeup Artist
- Hugh BoswellCredits: Assistant Director
- Roger EdensCredits: Associate Producer
- John AltonCredits: Additional Photography
- Wally HeglinCredits: Orchestrator
- Richard BorlandCredits: Grip
- John T. BoudreauCredits: Musician
- Glen JohnstonCredits: Musician
- Alex AlexanderCredits: Musician
- Robert FranklynCredits: Orchestrator
- Sol KindlerCredits: Musician
- Saul GrantCredits: Musician
- Skip MartinCredits: Orchestrator
- Howard DietzCredits: Unit Publicist
- Sid MooreCredits: Electrician
- William LeVanwayCredits: Supervising Editor
- Gus BivonaCredits: Musician
- Johnny GreenCredits: Additional Music, Music Director
- Jack MarshallCredits: Musician
- Peter MercurioCredits: Musician
- Milton RaskinCredits: Musician
- Kenton AndrewsCredits: Researcher
- Wes ShanksCredits: Gaffer
- Samuel AlbertCredits: Musician
- Benny CarterCredits: Orchestrator
- Albert SendreyCredits: Orchestrator
- Rudi MontaCredits: Legal Services
- Louis LichtenfieldCredits: Matte Painter
- Standish J. LambertCredits: Sound
- Russell SaundersCredits: Stunt Double
- Henri JaffaCredits: Colorist
- Frank WesselhoffCredits: Painter
- Alec CompinskyCredits: Musician
- Uan RaseyCredits: Musician
- Si ZentnerCredits: Musician
- Dillard Clayton ThomasonCredits: Scenic Artist
- David CrocovCredits: Musician
- Max GralnickCredits: Musician
- Jakob GimpelCredits: Musician
- Jack TeagardenCredits: Musician
- Jane LoringCredits: Production Assistant
- Alain AntikCredits: Technical Advisor
- Arthur MaebeCredits: Musician
- A. Lindsley LaneCredits: Camera Operator
- Saul ChaplinCredits: Music Director
- Douglas ShearerCredits: Recording Supervision
- Warren NewcombeCredits: Special Effects
- Gene KellyCredits: Choreographer
- Irving G. RiesCredits: Special Effects
- William TuttleCredits: Makeup Designer
- Sydney GuilaroffCredits: Hair Designer
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