Lili

film by Walters [1953]

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  • Judy Garland and Fred Astaire in Easter Parade
    In Charles Walters

    More popular was the sentimental Lili (1953). Leslie Caron gave a heartbreaking performance as a French waif who joins a carnival, and Mel Ferrer portrayed the bitter puppeteer who loves her. The film received six Academy Award nominations, including Walters’s sole nod for best director; only Bronislau Kaper’s score (which…

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Oscar to Kaper for music score of a dramatic or comedy picture, 1953