An American in Paris (1951)

Original title	An American in Paris
Swedish release title	An American in Paris
Title for Swedish TV release	En amerikan i Paris

Director	Vincente Minnelli
Screenplay	Alan Jay Lerner
Producer	Arthur Freed
Production Manager	Walter Strohm (ej krediterad)
Director of Photography	Alfred Gilks John Alton (balettfoto)
Music	Conrad Salinger (ej krediterad) Johnny Green (kompletterande - ej krediterad)
Choreography	Gene Kelly
Production Designer	Cedric Gibbons Preston Ames
Film Editor	Adrienne Fazan William LeVanway (övervakare - ej krediterad)
Production Mixer	Douglas Shearer Standish J. Lambert (ej krediterad)
Assistant Director	Edward Woehler (ej krediterad) Alfred Raboch (ej krediterad) Hugh Boswell (ej krediterad)
Second Assistant Director	Fletcher Clark (ej krediterad)
Advisor	Lillie Messinger (litterär konsult - ej krediterad)
Technical Advisor	Alain Antik (as Alan Antik) (ej krediterad) Henri Jaffa (Technicolorkonsult) James Gooch (Technicolorkonsult)
Second Unit Director	Peter Ballbusch (Paris - ej krediterad)
Script Supervisor	Grace Dubray (ej krediterad)
Special Effects	Warren Newcombe Irving G. Ries
Story	Alan Jay Lerner
Research	Kenton Andrews (ej krediterad)
Unit Manager	Jay Marchant (ej krediterad) J.J. Cohn (ej krediterad)
Production Assistant	Jane Loring (ej krediterad)
Production Secretary	Helen Wendt (ej krediterad) Mary Milligan (ej krediterad)
Unit Publicist	Howard Dietz (ej krediterad) Howard Strickling (ej krediterad) Emily Torchia (ej krediterad)
Camera Operator	Al Lane (ej krediterad)
Still Photographer	Frank Shugrue (ej krediterad)
Second Unit Director of Photography	Geoffrey Unsworth (ej krediterad)
Assistant Cameraman	Henry Imus (Technicolortekniker - ej krediterad) Matt Kluzic (ej krediterad)
Gaffer	Wes Shanks (ej krediterad) Sid Moore (ej krediterad)
Key Grip	Richard Borland (ej krediterad)
Musician	Jakob Gimpel (piano - ej krediterad) Jack Marshall (gitarr - ej krediterad) Milton Raskin (piano - ej krediterad) Jack Teagarden (trombon - ej krediterad) Samuel Albert (ej krediterad) Alex Alexander (ej krediterad) John Boudreaux (ej krediterad) Alec Compinsky (ej krediterad) David Crocov (ej krediterad) Max Gralnick (ej krediterad) Saul Grant (ej krediterad) Glen Johnston (ej krediterad) Sol Kindler (ej krediterad) Arthur Maebe (ej krediterad) Peter Mercurio (ej krediterad) Si Zentner (ej krediterad)
Assistant Choreographer	Carol Haney (ej krediterad) Alex Romero (ej krediterad)
Orchestration	Conrad Salinger Albert Sendrey (ej krediterad) Benny Carter (ej krediterad) Robert Franklyn (ej krediterad) Wally Heglin (ej krediterad) Skip Martin (ej krediterad)
Musical Director	Johnny Green Saul Chaplin
Set Decorator	Edwin B. Willis Keogh Gleason (biträdande)
Propman	Harry Edwards (ej krediterad)
Assistant Property Master	Stanley Hutchison (ej krediterad)
Costume Designer	Orry-Kelly Walter Plunkett (kostymer vid balen på Beaux Arts) Irene Sharaff (kostymer för baletten "An American in Paris")
Make-up Supervisor	William Tuttle Robert J. Schiffer (ej krediterad)
Hair Stylist	Sydney Guilaroff
Wardrobe	Charles Zacha Jr. (as Charles M. Zacha) (män - ej krediterad) Vicki Nichols (kvinnor - ej krediterad)
Stunt	Russell Saunders (stuntdubblering för Gene Kelly - ej krediterad)
Assistant Film Editor	Ed Hartzke (ej krediterad)
Sound Editor	Van Allen James (ej krediterad)
Re-recording Mixer	Lela Simone (ej krediterad) William Steinkamp (ej krediterad)
Legal Advisor	Rudi Monta (ej krediterad)
Trailer	Frank Whitbeck (ej krediterad)
Other Crew	Gene Grant (Gene Kellys målningar) Peter Ballbusch (montagesekvenser) Henry Greutert (skulpturer - ej krediterad) Cliff Wright (scenarbetare - ej krediterad) Janet Kay (regissörens sekreterare - ej krediterad)

Gene Kelly	Jerry Mulligan, amerikansk konstnär
Leslie Caron	Lise Bourvier, parfymaffärsbiträde
Oscar Levant	Adam Cook, pianist
Georges Guétary	Henri Baurel, fransk varietéstjärna, Lises fästman
Nina Foch	Milo Roberts, Jerrys beskyddarinna
-	Ej krediterade:
Eugene Borden	Georges Mattieu, ägare av Café Huguette
Martha Bamattre	Mathilde Mattieu, Georges fru
Mary Young	den gamla blomsterförsäljerskan i numret "By Strauss"
Ann Codee	Therese, hotelluppasserskan
George Davis	François
Hayden Rorke	Tommy Baldwin
Paul Maxey	John McDowd, Henris impressario
Dick Wessel	Ben Macrow
Don Quinn	mannen på smekmånad
Adèle Coray	kvinnan på smedmånad
Lucien Plauzoles	pojke med tuggummi
Christian Pasques	pojke med tuggummi
Anthony Mazzola	pojke med tuggummi
Jeanne Lafayette	nunna / konstnär / fransk flicka
Louise Laureau	nunna / kvinna vid bord
Alfred Paix	brevbäraren
Noel Neill	den amerikanska flickan som tittar på Jerrys tavlor
Nan Boardman	jungfrun
John Eldredge	Jack Jansen, tidningsillustratör
Anna Q. Nilsson	Kay Jansen, Jacks fru
Madge Blake	Edna Mae Bestram, kund i parfymaffären
Art Dupuis	Milo Roberts chaufför
Greg McClure	en barsk amerikansk soldat
Andre Charisse	man på Flodair Café / danspartner
Marie Antoinette Andrews	tidningsförsäljaren
Captain Garcia	man i fönsterluckan
Charles Millsfield	man med böcker
Louise Colombet	kvinna med katter
Leonard A. Mazzola	ung man vid spegel
Albert Pollet	man vid bord
Wanda Lucienne	kvinna i telefon
George Dee	kypare
Albert D'Arno	kypare
Peter Camlin	konstnär
Sam Strangis	amerikansk soldat
Herbert Winters (as Herb Winters)	amerikansk soldat
Dudley Field Malone	Winston Churchill
Louis Laurent	skäggprydd konstnär
Leo Mostovoy	åhörare
Jack Chefe	åhörare
Maya Van Horn	åhörare
Isabelle La Mal (as Isabelle LaMal)	åhörare
Monique Chantal	åhörare
Michele Lange	åhörare
Ralph Blum Jr.	man på Flodair Café
Viola Daniels	kvinna på Flodair Café
Susan Cummings (as Suzanne Tafel)	kvinna på Flodair Café
Ruth Lewis	flicka på balen
Judy Hall	flicka på balen
Dino Bolognese	bartender
Paul De Corday	bartender
Mary Menzies	furie
Svetlana McLe	furie
Florence Brundage	furie
Dee Turnell	furie
Janet Lavis	furie
Sheila Meyers	furie
Phyllis Sutter	furie
Alex Romero	dansande amerikansk soldat
Ernie Flatt	dansande amerikansk soldat
Bill Chatham (as William Chatham)	dansande amerikansk soldat
Dick Humphreys	dansande amerikansk soldat
Sue Casey	dansare i numret "Stairway to Paradise"
Meredith Leeds	dansare i numret "Stairway to Paradise"
Ann Brendon	dansare i numret "Stairway to Paradise"
Marietta Elliott	dansare i numret "Stairway to Paradise"
Pat Hall	dansare i numret "Stairway to Paradise"
Marilyn Rogers	dansare i numret "Stairway to Paradise"
Jean Romaine	dansare i numret "Stairway to Paradise"
Beverly Thompson	dansare i numret "Stairway to Paradise"
Mary Jane French	dansare i numret "Stairway to Paradise"
Pat Dean Smith	dansare i numret "Stairway to Paradise"
Joan Barton	dansare i numret "Stairway to Paradise"
Ann Robinson (as Ann Robin)	dansare i numret "Stairway to Paradise"
Mary Ellen Gleason	dansare i numret "Stairway to Paradise"
Judy Landon	dansare i numret "Stairway to Paradise"
Beverly Baldey	dansare i numret "Stairway to Paradise"
Angela Wilson	dansare i numret "Stairway to Paradise"
Lorraine Crawford	dansare i numret "Stairway to Paradise"
Lola Kendrick	dansare i numret "Stairway to Paradise"
Madge Journeay	dansare i numret "Stairway to Paradise"
Marlene Todd	dansare i numret "Stairway to Paradise"
David Carlin	kraftkarl
Charles A. Bastin	leende ung man
Monica Bucky	flicka
Janine Bergez	flicka
Marie Francoise	flicka
Jeannine Ducasse	flicka
Numa Lapeyre	flicka
Peter Troiekouroff	pojke
Claude Guy	pojke
André Guy	pojke
René de Loffre	pojke
Yves Troendle	pojke
Pierre Plauzoles	pojke
Anne Belle Rasmussen	liten flicka i baletten
Madeline Gradin	liten flicka i baletten
Joan Anderson	liten flicka i baletten
Linda Heller	liten flicka i baletten
Pamela Wells	liten flicka i baletten
David Kasday	liten pojke i baletten
John Gardner	liten pojke i baletten
Dennis Ross	liten pojke i baletten
Richard Robinson	liten pojke i baletten
Pat Simms	balettdansös
Betty Hannon	balettdansös
Marian Horosko	balettdansös
Shirley Lopez	balettdansös
Betty Scott	balettdansös
Eileen Locklin	balettdansös
Lila Zali	balettdansös
Dick Lerner	balettdansör
Don Hulbert	balettdansör
Harvey Karels	balettdansör
Bob Chase	balettdansör
Bert Madrid	balettdansör
Ralph Madlener	balettdansör
Richard Landry	balettdansör
Robert Ames	balettdansör
Ray Weamer	balettdansör
Rudolfo Silva	balettdansör
Stephen Kirchner	balettdansör
Eric Freeman	balettdansör
Allan Cook	balettdansör
John Stanley	balettdansör
Tommy Ladd	balettdansör
Felice Basso	balettdansör
Rodney Bieber	balettdansör
Albert Ruiz	balettdansör
Ricky Ricardi	balettdansör
Eugene Fuccati	balettdansör
Roy Ossorio	balettdansör
Ralph Del Campo	balettdansör
Ricardo Gonzáles	balettdansör
Bob Mascagno	balettdansör
Jack Harmon	balettdansör
George Ellsworth	balettdansör
Dorothy Tuttle	balettdansös
Linda Scott	balettdansös
Marilyn Russell	balettdansös
Bonnie Menzies	balettdansös
Gloria Dea (as Gloria DeWerd)	balettdansös
Dorothy Ward	balettdansös
Carol Risser	balettdansös
Jetsy Parker	balettdansös
Jean Harrison	balettdansös
Shirley Glickman	balettdansös
Pat Volasko	balettdansös
Melba Snowden	balettdansös
Joan Bayley	balettdansös
Carli Elinor	balettdansör
Charles Mauu	balettdansör

Production Company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. controlled by Loew's Inc.
Copyright	Loew's Inc.	1951-09-05	LP1161
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	1952

Censorship number	79977
Date	1951-01-04
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	3105 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Western Electric Recording
Colour type	Colour
Colour system	Technicolor
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	3107 meter
Length in minutes	114 min
Reels	14 reels

			(balettsekvensen)	1950-12-06	1951-01-08
				1950-08-01	1950-11-01
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, 10202 W. Washington Boulevard	Culver City, Kalifornien	USA
	Paris	France	(exteriörer)

World premiere	1951-08-26		London	United Kingdom	114 min
First showing	1951-10-04		New York City, New York	USA	114 min
Other showing	1951-11-09		Los Angeles, Kalifornien	USA	114 min
	1951-11-11			USA	114 min	(US release)
Release in Sweden	1952-02-25	Royal	Stockholm	Sweden	114 min
TV showing	1971-09-03	TV1		Sweden
	1975-02-23	TV2		Sweden
	1978-08-25	TV1		Sweden
	1998-09-21	SVT1		Sweden	109 min
	1999-07-17	SVT1		Sweden	109 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2000-11-29
TV showing	2004-12-31	SVT2		Sweden	109 min
	2006-04-26	SVT1		Sweden	109 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2023-01-22		Stockholm	Sweden

Original title	By Strauss
Composer	George Gershwin	(1936)
Lyrics	Ira Gershwin	(1936)
Sung by	Gene Kelly
	Mack McLean	(dubbar Oscar Levant)
	Georges Guétary
Dancer	kör

Original title	I Got Rhythm
Composer	George Gershwin	(1930)
Lyrics	Ira Gershwin	(1930)
Dancer	Gene Kelly
	kör	(barn)
Sung by	Gene Kelly
	kör	(barn)

Original title	Tra-La-La
Composer	George Gershwin	(1922)
Lyrics	Ira Gershwin	(1922)
Sung by	Gene Kelly
	Mack McLean	(dubbar Oscar Levant)
Dancer	Gene Kelly
Performed by	Oscar Levant	(piano)

Original title	Love Is Here To Stay
Sung by	Gene Kelly
Dancer	Gene Kelly
	Leslie Caron

Original title	I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise
Composer	George Gershwin	(1922)
Lyrics	B.G. DeSylva	(1922)
	Arthur Francis	(1922)
Sung by	Georges Guétary
Dancer	kör

Original title	Konsert, piano, orkester, F. Sats 3
Composer	George Gershwin	(1925)
Performed by	Oscar Levant	(piano)

Original title	'S Wonderful
Composer	George Gershwin	(1927)
Lyrics	Ira Gershwin	(1927)
Sung by	Georges Guétary
	Gene Kelly
Dancer	Georges Guétary
	Gene Kelly

Original title	An American in Paris
Composer	George Gershwin	(1929)
Dancer	Gene Kelly
	Leslie Caron
	kör

Original title	Nice Work If You Can Get It
Composer	George Gershwin	(1937)
Lyrics	Ira Gershwin	(1937)
Sung by	Georges Guétary

Original title	Embraceable You
Composer	George Gershwin	(1929)
Lyrics	Ira Gershwin	(1929)
Dancer	Leslie Caron

Original title	Strike Up the Band!
Composer	George Gershwin	(1927)
Lyrics	Ira Gershwin	(1927)

Original title	How Long Has This Been Going On?
Composer	George Gershwin	(1928)
Lyrics	Ira Gershwin	(1928)

Original title	Someone To Watch Over Me
Composer	George Gershwin	(1926)
Lyrics	Ira Gershwin	(1926)
	Happy	(svensk text 1955)

Original title	Oh, Lady, Be Good!
Composer	George Gershwin	(1924)
Lyrics	Ira Gershwin	(1924)

Original title	Fascinating Rhythm
Composer	George Gershwin	(1924)
Lyrics	Ira Gershwin	(1924)

Original title	Do, Do, Do
Composer	George Gershwin	(1926)
Lyrics	Ira Gershwin	(1926)

Original title	Bidin' My Time
Composer	George Gershwin	(1930)
Lyrics	Ira Gershwin	(1930)

Original title	I Don't Think I'll Fall in Love Today
Composer	George Gershwin	(1928)
Lyrics	Ira Gershwin	(1928)

Original title	Liza
Composer	George Gershwin	(1929)
Lyrics	Ira Gershwin	(1929)
	Gus Kahn	(1929)
Performed by	Oscar Levant	(piano)

Original title	But Not for Me
Composer	George Gershwin	(1930)
Lyrics	Ira Gershwin	(1930)

Original title	I've Got a Crush on You
Composer	George Gershwin	(1928)
Lyrics	Ira Gershwin	(1928)

Academy Award of Merit	Los Angeles	1952		Arthur Freed	(bästa film/Best Picture)

That's Entertainment, Part 2 (1976)		An American in Paris (1951)
Precious Images (1986)		An American in Paris (1951)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	3068

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	1

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Script type	Cutting continuity
Language	English

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

Type	Program/Reklamtryck