The Gay Parisian

Jan 10, 1942

0h 20m

★ 4.7

Overview

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).

Genres

Music

Romance

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

The Peruvian

Léonide Massine

The Glove Seller

Milada Mladova

The Baron

Frederic Franklin

The Flower Girl

Nathalie Krassovska

Tortoni

Andre Eglevsky

Officer

Igor Youskevitch

Dancer

James Starbuck

Can-Can Dancer

Lubov Roudenko

Dancer

Casimir Kokitch

Dancer (uncredited)

Cyd Charisse

Dancer (uncredited)

Marc Platt

Dancer (uncredited)

George Zoritch

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