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An American in Paris / French title: Américain à Paris - Two-disc special ed. , United States. - Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, ©2008. - 2 videodiscs (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951.

Disc 1. Feature film ; Special features. Commentary by Patricia Ward Kelly ; Paris on parade ; Symphony in slang ; Theatrical trailer -- Disc 2. Special features. Gene Kelly : anatomy of a dancer ; 'S wonderful : the making of an American in Paris ; Love walked in outtake ; Audio outtakes ; Radio interviews.

Director of photography, Alfred Gilks ; choreography by Gene Kelly ; ballet photographed by John Alton ; film editor, Adrienne Fazan ; musical direction, Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin ; orchestrations, Conrad Salinger. Director of photography, Alfred Gilks ; choreography by Gene Kelly ; ballet photographed by John Alton ; film editor, Adrienne Fazan ; musical direction, Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin ; orchestrations, Conrad Salinger.

Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guetary, Nina Foch.

An American expatriate painter living in Paris falls in love with an engaged French woman.

Not rated by the MPAA.


DVD, NTSC, region 1; dual-layer disc; Dolby digital mono.


In English or dubbed French; optional English, French, Japanese or Thai subtitles; subtitled for the hearing impaired.

Winner, Best Picture (Arthur Freed), Best Writing, Story and Screenplay (Alan Jay Lerner), Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture (Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin), Best Costume Design, Color (Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, Irene Sharaff), Best Cinematography, Color (Alfred Gilks, John Alton), Best Art Direction - Set Decoration, Color (Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason); Nominee, Best Director (Vincente Minnelli), Best Film Editing (Adrienne Fazan) -- 1952 Academy Awards (U.S.A.) Named to the National Film Registry in 1993 by the Library of Congress.

ISBN: 1419866370 9781419866371

Standard No.: 883929041107 French container 883929003952

Publisher. No.: 3000017735 Warner Home Video 1000043443 Warner Home Video 3000018847 Warner Home Video 2000003621 Warner Home Video 2000003622 Warner Home Video

LCCN: 2008024257

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Expatriate painters--France--Paris--Drama.
Painters--United States--Drama.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Painters--United States.
Man-woman relationships.
Musical films.
Feature films.
Romance films.
Peintres expatriés--France--Paris.
Peintres--États-Unis.
Relations entre hommes et femmes.
Vidéos.
Films musicaux.
Longs métrages.
Films d'amour.
Films de danse.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Expatriate painters.
Man-woman relationships.
Painters.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Paris (France)--Drama.
France--Paris.
United States.
Paris (France)--Drama.
Paris (France)--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
DVD-Video discs.
Musical films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Musical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Musical films.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Musical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Musical--Feature.
Films musicaux.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.

LC Class. No.: PN1997 / .A343 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 791.43/72

National Library of Medicine Call No.: FE CO 1951 A447