Vintage Original 1964 - AN AMERICAN IN PARIS - Movie Poster Film Art musical

Description

This is a vintage
Original R-1964 -
An AMERICAN in PARIS
- French Movie Poster - starring Gene Kelly -
Full color lithograph, measures 47" x 63". This poster is in excellent condition for its age! Colors are as bright and crisp as the day it was printed. Corners and edges are generally sharp. Poster has 2" clean separation lower left horizontal fold at edge (can't really see it). No tape or pin holes. (please see photos). It would be difficult to find another in this good of condition. Displays beautifully!
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'ets. saint-martin imp. paris'
'Visa de Censure No 1220'
Printed in France
This is a fabulous, colorful poster with perhaps the most iconic image of
Gene Kelly!
Perhaps some of the best art of this film! Hard to find.
An American in Paris
is a 1951 American musical film inspired by the 1928 orchestral composition An American in Paris by George Gershwin. Starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary, and Nina Foch, the film is set in Paris, and was directed by Vincente Minnelli from a script by Alan Jay Lerner. The music is by George Gershwin, with lyrics by his brother Ira, with additional music by Saul Chaplin, the music director.
The story of the film is interspersed with dance numbers choreographed by Gene Kelly and set to Gershwin's music. Songs and music include "I Got Rhythm", "I'll Build A Stairway to Paradise", "?'S Wonderful", and "Love is Here to Stay". The climax of the film is "The American in Paris" ballet, a 17-minute dance featuring Kelly and Caron set to Gershwin's An American in Paris. The ballet alone cost almost half a million dollars.
This film won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture.