Leslie Caron
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- association with Minnelli
- In Vincente Minnelli: Films of the early 1950s: Father of the Bride, An American in Paris, and The Bad and the Beautiful
…a young perfume-shop clerk (Leslie Caron). An American in Paris offered such Gershwin gems as “ ’S Wonderful” and “I Got Rhythm.” But it was the film’s spectacular concluding number, a 17-minute ballet with sets designed in the style of French Impressionist paintings that cost a half million dollars…
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- In Vincente Minnelli: Films of the early 1950s: Father of the Bride, An American in Paris, and The Bad and the Beautiful
role in
- “Fanny”
- In Joshua Logan: Films and plays of the 1960s
…film in 1961, with Boyer, Leslie Caron, and Maurice Chevalier in the lead roles. Both the film and the score were nominated for Academy Awards. Produced, directed, and cowritten by Logan, Ensign Pulver (1964) was less likable than its predecessor, Mister Roberts (1955), the screenplay for which Logan had cowritten.
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- In Joshua Logan: Films and plays of the 1960s
- “Gaby”
- In Curtis Bernhardt: 1950s and ’60s
…remake of Waterloo Bridge, starring Leslie Caron and John Kerr. It proved to be Bernhardt’s last Hollywood picture for many years. He resurfaced in 1960 with the West German production Stephanie in Rio, which was followed two years later by the American-Italian movie Damon and Pythias. Kisses for My President…
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- In Curtis Bernhardt: 1950s and ’60s