Leslie Caron

Maurice Chevalier

Louis Jourdan

Hermione Gingold

Eva Gabor

Jacques Bergerac

Isabel Jeans

John Abbott

Corinne Marchand

Marie-Hélène Arnaud

Anne-Marie Mersen

Jack Ary

Daniel Aubé

Richard Bean

Cecil Beaton

Jacques Bertrand

Paul Cristo

Hubert de Lapparent

Cilly Feindt

Edwin Jerome

Maurice Marsac

Bernard Musson

Dorothy Neumann

Jean Ozenne

Maruja Plose

Roger Saget

Pat Sheehan

Marilyn Simms

Lydia Stevens

Jack Trevan

François Valorbe

Monique van Vooren

Betty Wand

Leroy Winebrenner

Frederick Loewe

Colette

E. Preston Ames

Joseph Ruttenberg

Vincente Minnelli

Adrienne Fazan

William A. Horning

Alan Jay Lerner

Arthur Freed

Sydney Guilaroff

F. Keogh Gleason

Henry Grace

Wesley C. Miller

William Shanks

William McGarry

Comedy

Romance

Gigi

Arthur Freed Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

United States of America

English

Français

Thank heavens, for musicals.

Based on Anita Loos' play, out of the novel written by Colette, Gigi snatched a ream of Academy Awards and promptly became the course of much debate and criticism for ever and a day it seems. The problem, as most musical aficionados will attest, is that Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe rehashed their previous stage hit 
"My Fair Lady". Which to an extent is true, hell they even slotted in one of "My Fair Lady's" thrown away songs, "Say A Prayer For Me Tonight", into Gigi's bubbly mix. But on its own terms, Gigi is still a vibrant and rewarding picture that holds up well with each passing year.

The story had already been done as a French film directed by Jacqueline Audry in 1950, and a year later it had been played dramatically straight on Broadway with Audrey Hepburn in the title role. So for sure it was already a well formed story. Lerner & Loewe merely added their "Fair Lady" formula, got the talented Vincente Minnelli to direct it and broke out from the studio to utilise the Parisian locations. A touch heavy at almost two hours long, one still can't help getting wrapped up in some wonderful tunes and Cecil Beaton's gorgeous period costumes. The cast may be a mixed bunch, with it at times feeling like a competition to see who can be the most "French," but with the spiky dialogue being wry and tart, and one of "those" finales, it's a winner and highly recommended to fans of the musical genre. 7/10

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