Release Date: 1942-01-10
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).
Rating: 4.7 / 10
Léonide Massine
as The Peruvian
Milada Mladova
as The Glove Seller
Frederic Franklin
as The Baron
Nathalie Krassovska
as The Flower Girl
Andre Eglevsky
as Tortoni
Jean Negulesco - Director
Léonide Massine - Choreographer
Efrem Kurtz - Music Director
Sol Hurok - Music Arranger
Gordon Hollingshead - Associate Producer
This is a vividly colourful excerpt from Offenbach’s ballet “Gaité Parisienne” performed by Monaco’s acclaimed Ballet Russe with quite a few of it’s more memorable pieces of music providing a score fo...