Vincente Minnerelli’s famous masterpiece comes into your home with this sublime An American in Paris Poster, perfect for your decor!
- Paper characteristics:
- 🎨 Canvas: global standard in terms of printing and imitating a “painting canvas” look.
- By default, the poster contains a 4cm white border for framing (frame not included). If you don’t want it, please choose “without white border”.
- ✅ Size: Multiple choices available. ✅
- High UV resistance.
- Color vibrancy maximum, glare-free.
- recycled paper, guaranteeing environmental friendliness.
- Poster packaged carefully and delivered in a protective tube for Total protection.
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⚠️ Frame not included. ⚠️
Description of this An American in Paris Poster
An American in Paris is a 1951 American musical comedy film based on the 1928 orchestral composition, An American in Paris, by George Gershwin. Starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron (in his film debut), Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary, and Nina Foch, the film is set in Paris. It was directed by Vincente Minnelli from a screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner. The music is by George Gershwin, with lyrics by his brother Ira, and additional music by Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin, the musical directors.
The film’s story is interspersed with dance numbers choreographed by Gene Kelly and set to Gershwin’s music. MGM executive Arthur Freed purchased Gershwin’s music catalog from George’s brother Ira in the late 1940s, as George had died in 1937. Some of the tunes from this catalog were included in the film, such as “I Got Rhythm” and “Love Is Here to Stay.” Other songs in the film include “I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise” and “‘S Wonderful.” The film’s highlight is the ballet “The American in Paris,” a 17-minute dialogue-free dance featuring Kelly and Caron set to the music of Gershwin’s An American in Paris. 4] The ballet sequence cost nearly half a million dollars to film. It was shot on 44 sets in MGM’s backyard.
An American in Paris was a huge success: it was nominated for eight Academy Awards, won six (including Best Picture), and received other accolades. In 1993, it was selected for preservation by the United States Library of Congress in the National Film Registry for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”[5][6]It is ranked ninth among AFI’s greatest musicals.
According to Leslie Caron in a 2009 interview on the Paul O’Grady show, the film was the subject of a controversy with the Hays Office over part of its chair dance sequence; The censor who viewed the scene called it “sexually provocative,” which surprised Caron, who replied, “What can you do with a chair?”