---
title: 'An American in Paris (1951)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Vincente Minnelli'
released: '1951-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/an-american-in-paris-1951'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043278/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# An American in Paris (1951)

1951 · 108 min · Music · United States


## Synopsis

An American in Paris is a 1951 American musical romantic comedy film inspired by the 1928 jazz-influenced symphonic poem 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 Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin, the music directors.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Vincente Minnelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincente-minnelli)
- **Screenplay:** [Alan Jay Lerner](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-jay-lerner)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Saul Chaplin](https://cinepixo.com/people/saul-chaplin)
- **Producer:** [Arthur Freed](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-freed), [Roger Edens](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-edens)
- **Director of Photography:** [Alfred Gilks](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-gilks), [John Alton](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-alton)
- **Editor:** [Adrienne Fazan](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrienne-fazan)

## Cast

- [Susan Cummings](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-cummings)
- [Gene Kelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-kelly)
- [Ann Codee](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-codee)
- [Oscar Levant](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-levant)
- [Anna Q. Nilsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-q-nilsson)
- [Madge Blake](https://cinepixo.com/people/madge-blake)
- [Nina Foch](https://cinepixo.com/people/nina-foch)
- [Leslie Caron](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-caron)
- [Eugene Borden](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-borden)
- [Georges Guétary](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-guetary)
- [Jack Chefe](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-chefe)

## Criticism on CinePixo

No reviews published yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/an-american-in-paris-1951
Film facts: Wikidata (Q747570); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.