Movie: The Gay Parisian

Top 10 Billed Cast

Léonide Massine
Леонид Мясин

The Peruvian

Milada Mladova
Milada Mladova

The Glove Seller

Frederic Franklin
Frederic Franklin

The Baron

Nathalie Krassovska
Nathalie Krassovska

The Flower Girl

Andre Eglevsky
Andre Eglevsky

Tortoni

Igor Youskevitch
Igor Youskevitch

Officer

James Starbuck
James Starbuck

Dancer

Lubov Roudenko
Lubov Roudenko

Can-Can Dancer

Casimir Kokitch
Casimir Kokitch

Dancer

Cyd Charisse
Cyd Charisse

Dancer (uncredited)

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    The Gay Parisian is an American short film produced in 1941 by Warner Bros. featuring the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo and directed by Jean Negulesco. The film is a screen adaptation, in Technicolor, of the 1938 ballet Gaîté Parisienne, choreographed by Léonide Massine to music by Jacques Offenbach. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 14th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).

  • Release Date

    1942-01-10

  • Average

    4.7

  • Rating:

    2.4 starts
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    English
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