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Follows a young French girl (Leslie Caron, An American in Paris) through college, as her education sponsoredby a mysterious millionaire with long legs. This thrice Oscar® nominated cinemascope musical features sparkling musical numbers and dream sequences, and the incomparable Fred Astaire.
Original Release
05/05/1955
US Release
05/05/1955
Cast
Name | Character |
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Fred Astaire | Jervis Pendleton III |
Leslie Caron | Julie Andre |
Terry Moore | Linda Pendleton |
Thelma Ritter | Alicia Pritchard |
Fred Clark | Griggs |
Charlotte Austin | Sally McBride |
Larry Keating | Ambassador Alexander Williamson |
Kathryn Givney | Gertrude Pendleton |
Kelly Brown | Jimmy McBride |
Ray Anthony | Ray Anthony / Himself |
Directors
Writers
Phoebe Ephron, Henry Ephron, Jean Webster
Cast
Name | Character |
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Fred Astaire | Jervis Pendleton III |
Leslie Caron | Julie Andre |
Terry Moore | Linda Pendleton |
Thelma Ritter | Alicia Pritchard |
Fred Clark | Griggs |
Charlotte Austin | Sally McBride |
Larry Keating | Ambassador Alexander Williamson |
Kathryn Givney | Gertrude Pendleton |
Kelly Brown | Jimmy McBride |
Ray Anthony | Ray Anthony / Himself |
Robert Adler | Deliveryman |
Suzanne Alexander | College Girl |
Gertrude Astor | Art Gallery Patron |
Wilda Bieber | College Girl |
Paul Bradley | Second Jeweler |
Tim Cagney | Orphan |
Gwen Caldwell | College Girl |
Kathryn Card | Miss Carrington |
John Carlyle | Student in 'Sluefoot' Dance Sequence |
Janice Carroll | Athetic Girl Dancer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Samuel G. Engel | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1956 | Oscar | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color | Nominated |
1956 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |
1956 | Oscar | Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture | Nominated |