An American in Paris (1951)
Another charmer from the very start — thanks to the George Gershwin score and Gene Kelly’s winning voiceover — an American in Paris, directed by directed by Vincente Minelli and written by Alan Jay Lerner — won Best Picture the year after All About Eve. But again, it’s anything but pompous.
You realize how light on its feet the film will be even before you even see Kelly and Leslie Caron dance (above). Just watching Kelly get ready in the morning — by switching his miniscule studio apartment from evening to morning mode — you know you’re in incredibly good hands.
It’s now available on the Criterion Channel.
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