An American in Paris

Set in Paris, 'An American in Paris' is a romantic musical film about an ex-GI, Jerry Mulligan, who stays back after the war to become a painter and falls in love with a young dancer, Lise. The film is known for its remarkable dance sequences and beautiful settings, winning six Academy Awards including Best Picture in 1952.

• Won 6 Academy Awards including Best Picture in 1952.
• The film's ballet sequence cost more than half a million dollars.
• Gene Kelly insisted on casting Leslie Caron as the lead actress.
• The film inspired the Broadway musical of the same name.
• It was the last movie musical to win the Best Picture Oscar.

• "S'wonderful! 'S marvelous!"
• "Why should I run after you?"
• "I'm a concert pianist. That’s a pretentious way of saying I'm... unemployed!"
• "Paris has ways of making people forget."
• "It's very simple...I'm painting you because I love you."