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In your opinion, what is the best film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture?

Apr 20, 2009 by Robert H | Posted in Movies

Here are all 81 of them, if you need a refresher:

1927-28: Wings
1928-29: The Broadway Melody
1929-30: All Quiet on the Western Front
1930-31: Cimarron
1931-32: Grand Hotel
1932-33: Cavalcade
1934:

Lawrence of Arabia.
Nothing within the past 10 years (with the exception of No Country for Old Men) was even good.. It boils down to Lawrence of Arabia, The Godfather, Annie Hall, and Casablanca being the best films from this list, from there it's

Alexander the Great | Apr 20, 2009

Lise - An American in Paris (1951)

Leslie Caron as Lise Bouvier.

An American in Paris - Trailer [1951] [24th Oscar Best Picture]

Jerry Mulligan, a struggling American painter in Paris, is "discovered" by an influential heiress with an interest in more than Jerry ...

An American in Paris Review

09.10.11

Is digitally restored and re-released by the BFI as the centrepiece of their ‘MGM Musicals’ season starting at the end of October and running until December. The movie was filmed almost entirely on Hollywood soundstages, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starred Gene Kelly and used the lyrics and music of Ira and George Gershwin (with additional score by Saul Chaplin).

Jerry Mulligan (Kelly) is an ex-GI who, following the end of the war, decides to stay in Paris and try to live out his dream of becoming a successful painter. He lives in an apartment block with fellow American and concert pianist Adam (Levant), who is also friends with Henri (Guetary), a musical comedy star. Jerry’s career is not going particularly well, until he meets a rich American woman called Milo (Foch) who agrees to become his sponsor and organise a show of his work. Milo would like their relationship to be more than just professional though, but matters are complicated when Jerry meets shop girl Lise (Caron) and quickly falls in love. Jerry also remains unaware of a further complication, Lise is already engaged to Henri.

Source: The Film Pilgrim

An American In Paris 1951 - Bookshelf


If it's purple, someone's gonna die, the power of color in visual storytelling
243 pages 		If it's purple, someone's gonna die, the power of color in visual storytelling

Creator: Patti Bellantoni | Art - 2005-06-09
An American in Paris 1951. Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron. Directed by Vincente Minnelli. Cinematography: John Alton and Alfred Gilks; Production Design: Preston ...
Publisher: Focal Press
Bigger than blockbusters, movies that defined America
415 pages 		Bigger than blockbusters, movies that defined America

Creator: James W. Roman | Performing Arts - 2009-02-17
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951) PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Vincente Minnelli (director); Arthur Freed (producer) WRITER: Alan Jay Lerner CAST: Gene Kelly (Jerry ...
Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

An American In Paris 1951 - News


Gene Kelly tribute includes famous fans
Chicago Tribune - Dec 31, 1969
Take his uber-romantic dance duet set to the Gershwins' "Our Love Is Here to Stay" with Leslie Caron in the 1951 Oscar-winning "An American in Paris." "He takes the jacket off so you have that very streamline polo shirt and slacks that are cut to show

Classic Hollywood: Gene Kelly tribute includes famous fans
Los Angeles Times - Dec 31, 1969
Take his uber-romantic dance duet set to the Gershwins' "Our Love Is Here to Stay" with Leslie Caron in the 1951 Oscar-winning "An American in Paris." "He takes the jacket off so you have that very streamline polo shirt and slacks that are cut to show

Free Film Screenings In The Hartford Area, May 10-16
Hartford Courant - Dec 31, 1969
An American in Paris — Gene Kelly stars in this 1951 musical about a painter who falls in love. Thursday, May 10, at 2 pm at Farmington Library, 6 Monteith Drive. Father of the Bride — Steve Martin stars in this 1991 comedy about crazed wedding plans.

An ode to a classical musical
Times of Malta - Dec 31, 1969
Italian dance company Compagnia Nazionale Raffaele Paganini is presenting its interpretation of the 1951 Hollywood blockbuster, An American in Paris, at the Mediterranean Conference in Valletta, tomorrow and on Saturday. The performance will be headed

How the world's oldest yoga teacher keeps me young
msnbc.com (blog) - Dec 31, 1969
How the world's oldest yoga teacher keeps me young She was a model for fashion house Lanvin and a contract player for MGM, appearing in such films as “Show Boat” (1951). When her friend Leslie Caron injured her foot, threatening to delay production of “An American in Paris,” Tao fixed it with a Coke