An American in Paris

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An American in Paris is a 1951 Technicolor musical film starring Gene Kelly, celebrated for its Gershwin score and elaborate ballet sequence set in postwar Paris.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
musical film
romantic musical film
artDirectionBy Cedric Gibbons
Preston Ames
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Art Direction
surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color

Academy Award for Best Cinematography
surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color

Academy Award for Best Costume Design
surface form: Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color

Academy Award for Best Original Score
surface form: Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story
surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay
basedOn An American in Paris (1928 orchestral composition)
choreographyBy Gene Kelly
cinematography Alfred Gilks
John Alton
colorProcess Technicolor
composerOfSourceMaterial George Gershwin
costumeDesignBy Orry-Kelly
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Vincente Minnelli
distributedInFormat theatrical film
distributor Loew's Inc.
editedBy Adrienne Fazan
featuresSong By Strauss
Embraceable You
I Got Rhythm
Love Is Here to Stay
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Love Is Here to Stay
surface form: Our Love Is Here to Stay

Tra-la-la (This Time It's Really Love)
genre drama
musical
romance
hasMainCharacter Adam Cook
Henri Baurel
Jerry Mulligan
Lise Bouvier
musicBy George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Director
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
notableFeature 17-minute ballet sequence
Gershwin song score
extensive dance choreography
originalLanguage English
producer Arthur Freed
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDate 1951-10-04
releaseYear 1951
runtimeMinutes 113
screenwriter Alan Jay Lerner
setDecorationBy Edwin B. Willis NERFINISHED
setIn Paris
settingTime post-World War II
starring Gene Kelly
Georges Guétary
Leslie Caron
Nina Foch
Oscar Levant

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Vincente Minnelli notableWork An American in Paris
Vincente Minnelli directed An American in Paris
Alan Jay Lerner notableWork An American in Paris
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Arthur Freed notableWork An American in Paris
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Nina Foch notableWork An American in Paris
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Irene Sharaff notableWork An American in Paris
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MGM Freed Unit produced An American in Paris
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this entity surface form: An American in Paris (West End production)
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Eugene Curran Kelly notableWork An American in Paris
Gershwin estate hasRightsOver An American in Paris
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Golden Age of MGM musicals notableFilm An American in Paris
Saul Chaplin workedOn An American in Paris
this entity surface form: An American in Paris (1951 film)
Arthur Grossman notableWork An American in Paris
24th Academy Awards bestPictureWinner An American in Paris
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