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Gigi
film by Minnelli [1958]
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- Chevalier
- In Maurice Chevalier
His next film, Gigi (1958), won nine Academy Awards, including that for best picture, and remains Chevalier’s most popular movie. His later motion pictures included Can-Can (1960) and Fanny (1961). In 1958 Chevalier received an honorary Academy Award for his more than 50 years of contributions to the…
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- In Maurice Chevalier
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- In Vincente Minnelli: Films of the later 1950s: Lust for Life, Gigi, and Some Came Running
The musical Gigi (1958) was based on a novella by Colette about a French teenager (Caron) raised by courtesans and trained in the art of being a proper mistress to a gentleman. Filmed partly on location in Paris, Gigi offered the classic songs “Thank Heaven for Little…
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- In Vincente Minnelli: Films of the later 1950s: Lust for Life, Gigi, and Some Came Running
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
- In Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
… (1953), Silk Stockings (1957), and Gigi (1958).
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- In Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
- Oscar for best picture, 1958
- Previn
- In André Previn
…for his music scores for Gigi (1958), Porgy and Bess (1959), Irma la Douce (1963), and My Fair Lady (1964).
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Oscars to
- Lerner for best adapted screenplay, Ruttenberg for best cinematography, Ames and Horning for best art direction, Previn for best scoring of a musical picture, “Gigi” for best song
- Minnelli for best director