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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790774800
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790774801
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 22, 2003
Running Time: 114 minutes
Sales Rank: 9105
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 06, 1954
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
'Bravo' say critics about an entertainer's tell-all memoir chronicling her days in the cabaret act Barry Nichols and Les Girls. 'Libel!' cries another of Les Girls setting in motion a talons- and fact-baring litigation that proves Les Girls will be girls and that Cole Porter movie musicals will always sparkle. Gene Kelly plays Nichols and Mitzi Gaynor Golden Globe Best Actress winner Kay Kendall and Taina Elg are the femmes in this George Cukor-directed romp that that won a Best Costume Design Oscar and another Golden Globe for Best Comedy/Musical. Among the highlights: a ribald 'Ladies in Waiting' and a hepcat parody of 'The Wild One' called 'Why Am I So Gone About that Gal?' You'll be gone about Les Girls.Running Time: 114 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY UPC: 012569570924
Amazon.com:
Never heard of Kay Kendall? Chic, leggy, funny Kay Kendall? Check out Les Girls, one of the best moments for the beautiful British actress (and wife of Rex Harrison), whose promising career ended when she died two years after this film's 1957 release. A cheeky musical variation on Rashomon, the film gives three flashbacks on the Parisian sojourn of a dance master (Gene Kelly) and his featured artists (Kendall, Tania Elg, Mitzi Gaynor). The film isn't a peak outing for director George Cukor, and the Cole Porter songs are infrequent and not top-drawer. But there's a kooky dance number inspired by motorcycle gangs (Kelly in Wild Ones territory), and Kendall has a long drunk scene that she handles with regal aplomb. A stuffy suitor asks les girls why they spend their youth scurrying around Europe in a dance troupe: 'Is having fun so important?' The film answers a resounding 'mais oui.' -- Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Best forgotten
This is one of the weakest musicals ever produced by MGM, leagues away from, say, American in Paris and Brigadoon. Gene Kelly, looking (oh, that wig) more like the dancers' father than lover, is saddled with a weak script that has him bickering, snarling, and bossing people about throughout the film. The girls in the story seem to be miscast, Kendall and Elg especially, and their lines are usually sappy in the extreme. The Cole Porter music is VERY minor and mostly embarrassing. The costumes ... Read More
Rating:  - Tribute to Jack Cole, choreographer
One of the reasons I love this film so much is because of the extraordinary choreography by JACK COLE. Mr. Cole was a pioneer in the theater dance genre and he was one of the most creative choreographers and performers around.
As a teen, I had the priviledge of studying jazz under him and he was a very patient teacher who could inspire profoundly.
Rating: - "I'm no good ... nobody wants my cigarettes!"
This film is a treasure. It isn't just a lush, vibrant showcase for minor Cole Porter and major dance routines; it's also a delightful romantic comedy with a clever twist. The one point where I disagree with Amazon's review by Robert Horton is this: the film is a peak outing for director George Cukor. Everyone understands their role perfectly; each actor is well cast and plays well off the others; each gets the most out of a sharply written script.
The film is basically three accounts ... Read More
Rating: - Little known musical very under rated.
Three talented woman and a talented man in Paris. They all work together as entertainers. They were all romanced by ladies man Gene Kelley, but he only married one of them. Very funny, good songs, good dancing and glib dialogue. Enjoy!
Rating: - could ANYBODY resist a taina elg musical?
george cukor only ventured into musicals on rare occasions. two of those ("a star is born" and "my fair lady") are classics; "les girls" is assuredly not. this was gene kellys last mgm musical, and cole porters penultimate score of any kind, and neither master is at his peak; as a matter of fact theyre both pretty close to their nadirs. kellys attempt at parodying marlon brando in "the wild one" (already a passe reference by the time this was filmed) is downright embarrassing, and the supporting "girls" ... Read More
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