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Basic facts

Original title Les Girls
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Swedish release 1957-12-26

Cast

Gene Kelly
Barry Nichols

Mitzi Gaynor
Joanne "Joy" Henderson

Kay Kendall
Lady Sybil Wren

Taina Elg
Angela DuCros

Jacques Bergerac
Pierre DuCros

Leslie Phillips
Sir Gerald Wren

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Alternative title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Choreography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Technical Director
Script Supervisor
Special Effects
Story
Camera Operator
Musical Arrangement
Vocal Arrangement
Conductor
Assistant Choreographer
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Titles

Cast

Gene Kelly Barry Nichols
Mitzi Gaynor Joanne "Joy" Henderson
Kay Kendall Lady Sybil Wren
Taina Elg Angela DuCros
Jacques Bergerac Pierre DuCros
Leslie Phillips Sir Gerald Wren
Henry Daniell domaren
Patrick Macnee Sir Percy
Stephen Vercoe Mr. Outward
Philip Tonge biträdande domare
- Ej krediterade:
Owen McGiveney domstolsvaktmästare
Francis Ravel fransk scenregissör
Adrienne d'Ambricourt garderobiär
Maurice Marsac fransk teaterdirektör
Gilchrist Stuart (as Gil Stuart) engelsk fotograf
Cyril Delevanti fanatikern med plakatet "What Is Truth"
George Navarro kypare
Marcel De la Brosse hovmästare
Nestor Paiva spansk bonde
Alberto Morin regissör
Maya Van Horn fetlagd fransyska
George Davis sömnig fransman
Luisita Triana flamencodanserska
Genevieve Pasques butiksinnehavarinna
Lilyan Chauvin dansös
Richard Alexander (as Dick Alexander) scenarbetare
Billy Griffith en gående
Geoffrey Steele engelsk fotograf
George Pelling engelsk fotograf
Wilkie de Martel stadsbud
Frank Arnold taxichaufför
George Dee portvakt
Claire Du Brey portvaktsfrun

Companies

Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. controlled by Loew's Inc.
Sol C. Siegel Productions Inc.
Copyright Loew's Inc. 1957-09-03 (LP8993)
Sol C. Siegel Productions Inc. 1957-09-03 (LP8993)
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1957

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 91258
Date 1957-12-11
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 3125 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 510, 475, 445, 440, 410, 405, 440.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope)
Sound type Sound
Sound system Westrex Sound Recording
Colour type Colour
Colour system Metrocolor
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 3130 meter
Length in minutes 114 min
Reels 14 reels


Production location

1957-01-03 1957-04

Release dates

First showing 1957-10-03 New York City, New York USA 114 min
Release in Sweden 1957-12-26 China Stockholm Sweden 114 min
TV showing 1971-10-15 TV1 Sweden
1976-01-01 TV2 Sweden
1979-01-26 TV1 Sweden
Cinematheque screening 2017-01-22 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia 2017-01-22

Soundtrack listing

Original title Les Girls
Composer Cole Porter (1957)
Lyrics Cole Porter (1957)
Sung by Gene Kelly
Mitzi Gaynor
Betty Wand (dubbar Kay Kendall)
Thora Mathiason (dubbar Taina Elg)
Dancer Gene Kelly
Mitzi Gaynor
Kay Kendall
Taina Elg


Original title The Rope Dance
Composer Cole Porter (1957)
Dancer Gene Kelly
Taina Elg


Original title Ça, c'est l'amour
Composer Cole Porter (1957)
Lyrics Cole Porter (1957)
Sung by Thora Mathiason (dubbar Taina Elg)


Original title Ladies in Waiting
Composer Cole Porter (1957)
Lyrics Cole Porter (1957)
Sung by Mitzi Gaynor
Betty Wand (dubbar Kay Kendall)
Thora Mathiason (dubbar Taina Elg)


Original title Be a Clown
Composer Cole Porter (1946)
Lyrics Cole Porter (1946)


Original title You're Just Too Too
Sung by Gene Kelly
Kay Kendall
Betty Wand (som delvis dubbar Kay Kendall)


Original title La Habanera/L'amour est un oiseau rebelle. Ur Carmen
Composer Georges Bizet (1875)
Lyrics Frans Hedberg (svensk text 1878)
Henri Meilhac (fransk text 1875)
Ludovic Halévy (fransk text 1875)
Musical Arrangement Mats Bergström
Sung by Kay Kendall


Original title Flower Song
Composer Cole Porter (1957)
Lyrics Cole Porter (1957)


Original title Why Am I So Gone About That Gal?
Composer Cole Porter (1957)
Lyrics Cole Porter (1957)
Sung by Gene Kelly
kör (manskör)
Dancer Gene Kelly
Mitzi Gaynor


Original title Zampa. Uvertyr
Composer Ferdinand Hérold (1831)


Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 3118


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Inspelningsmanus


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Colour prints SET
Slides 1
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio



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