Monday Afternoon @ the Movies: AWPL Classic Monday – An American in Paris (1951)

AWPL Classic Monday – An American in Paris (1951) Vincente Minnelli’s technicolor spectacle, featuring a score by American musical icon George Gershwin, stars Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron (her film debut), Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary and Nina Foch.  Winner of six Academy Awards (including Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Art Direction, Cinematography, Costume Design and Musical Score), the musical tells the story of Jerry Mulligan, a struggling American painter in post-war Paris in love with Lise, a young French woman already engaged to a cabaret singer. Not Rated: 1 hour 54 minutes.