from MGM
Directed by
Vincente Minnelli
Charles Walters (uncredited)
Starring
Leslie Caron ...Gigi
Maurice Chevalier ...Honore Lachaille
Louis Jourdan ...Gaston Lachaille
Hermione Gingold ...Madame Alvarez
Eva Gabor ...Liane d'Exelmans
Jacques Bergerac ...Sandomir
Isabel Jeans ...Aunt Alicia
John Abbott ...Manuel
Edwin Jerome ...Charles, the butler
Maurice Marsac ...Prince Berensky
Richard Bean ...Harlequin
Ohad Rosen ...Bit Part
Jack Trevan ...Coachman
Leroy Winebrenner ...Lifeguard
Dorothy Neumann ...Designer
Maruja Plose ...Mannequin
Pat Sheehan ...Blonde
Marilyn Simms ...Redhead
Lydia Stevens ...Simone
Betty Wand ...Gigi
Monique van Vooren ...Showgirl
Corinne Marchand
Written by
Colette (novel)
Anita Loos (play) (uncredited)
Alan Jay Lerner
Rated: 
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 Set in Paris at the turn of the century, this
delightful Lerner and Loewe musical, based on a story by Collette,
follows a precocious French girl as she is groomed into a would-be
courtesan, blossoming into a stunning woman. The story provides
plenty of opportunity for Minnelli and MGM to pull out all the
stops in its first musical production shot on location. Paris
and Caron never looked lovelier, and Jourdan and Chevalier are
so French, no? Songs include: "Gigi," "Thank Heaven
for Little Girls," and "Ah, Yes, I Remember It Well."
Academy Award Nominations: 9. Academy Awards: 9, including Best
Picture, Best Director, Best (Adapted) Screenplay.
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