Lise - An American in Paris (1951)

[SOOPERSTAR191]

Wow pretty fabulous!!

[orestepinziettoni]

so loveable!

[soulfoodmonkey]

great movie !

[SimTripps]

I love Leslie Caron.. This is my fave part in the movie - thanks for sharing!

[silvershields]

only 17 WOW

[quetalquetal]

ok.. people. if you like what you see here, then LIKE IT! stop complaining what we have now, what we dont have now, point is, beauty like this exists! and there must be more artists like them somwehere, so STOP complaining ALLLLLLLLLLL the time because some artists don't meet those expectations, just be happy with what u like!!

dios

love her! jaja

[mca1218]

Love this sequence...reminiscent of "Miss Turnstiles" in "On The Town." And the second vignette with the chair always makes me think of Cyd Charisse- it's so much more seductive. (Leslie Caron commented that the censors on the film had issues with that dance anyway, LOL.) The final number in blue best shows off the pixieish charm of Ms. Caron. Thanks for this clip.

[GoogleModerator]

Amazing.

[horsters]

leslie caron is so damn talented! she was so right for the role.

by the way, i absolutely love the instrumental of "Embraceable you" :)

[Memale2009]

My sweet embraceable you - danced by Leslie Caron: c'est merveilleux. J'adore cette scène!!!!! - parce qu'elle illustre les divers côtés d'une femme!!!!! Et d'une manière unique!

[happiihoneii]

what has happened to talent like this :(

[ImUrFanGirl]

i wish i could read as graceful as her

[SamLuvsJamesDean]

i luv the ballerina dress and the yellow dress!=-)

[f01863]

leslie caron is a babe!

[berryshorttcake]

best pointe shoes everr! luv the blue and yellow. jealouss....

[gunchibaiyya]

2:45 "She's the gayest girl in the world".

Now that would be translated differently today.

[VMKLemons]

i get really inspired from back then to do tap and ballet now, but i can not do the splits like that rotfl

[dancerstud11]

Veryy American !!!

[EmilerParty]

You know Leslie Caron is still alive. OK you must hear this story. As you know Gene Kelly went looking for a pretty young girl who could dance. He found Leslie but... when he found her she had hair down to her hips! So when she came to the studio. He was a little upset! LOL Plus they filmed this in Hollywood and they did a very good job and that hat when she is reading is called a beret. It's a french hat! :O

[roccoh21]

She's not only alive but working. In recent years she won an Emmy for Law & Order and in Feburary she starred in A Little Night Music in Paris. She is so divine.

[Cassie86R]

i love this film, Gene Kelly was such a wonderfulo actor and a very great dancer.

[sensibile1900]

Aside from the fountain dance number with Gene Kelly, this is my other favorite scene in An American In Paris.

[bon1042]

I watch this and wonder if this was the movie where Warren Beatty took notice of Leslie Caron. I think it was her debut. He snagged her of course.

[KelseyDuke]

oh she is wonderful

[Domino014]

What kind of hat is she wearing in 1:40 while she reads?

[deionc]

she is sooo healthy looking...not at all skrany or too thin.

[ScenePoa]

Yes, as dancers should be... this "being the skinniest as possible" mania is something very recent.

[SimTripps]

@ScenePoa  You can blame that on Balanchine... ;)

[Grungirl]

@deionc scrawny* She is gorgeous. I wish modern dancers would prefer being healthy over being the skinniest.

[kamilemile]

*-*♥

[luiscnaranjo]

God, I never get tired of watching this. Five stars!

[Tigerlily21]

She is on time I've got the movie. Anyone who is judging by a youtube video is silly because the video and sound are always a little off in terms of matching up precisely. Gene Kelly was a perfectionist and wouldn't have cast her in this part if she wasn't a great dancer who could do all this. The only place she said she found herself a little slow was in the big finale when she is doing the dances on her tip toes.

[luiscnaranjo]

Can anyone help me on this one?

I want to know which classic Hollywood stars are still alive, including my beloved Leslie Caron.

I know there's Liz Taylor, Ann Blyth, Olivia de Havilland, Joan Fontaine, Alicia Rhett...

[benmiyamoto]

Leslie Caron owns a beautiful auberge restaurant that she has renovated from 17th century barns in northern Burgundy, France. Its called La lucarne aux chouettes... and she's still as beautiful!

[SilverInsanity]

Yes, Leslie Caron is still alive.

[artj22850]

Love these little vingettes. What a dancer; flexible, beautiful, sexy, classy. Re-watched this film tonight. Glad I can review. Wish to mention the segment with Oscar Levant playing the Gerswin piece, amazing! I used to own 2 old ceramic records of him playing Rapsody in Blue; unfortunately, I broke one, now I have but half. No one played it quite like Oscar Levant. Would love to see the movie based on Gerswin's life; forget the name.

Gene Kelly - ah, what a unique talent!

[911jessie]

I want yellow pointe shoesss!!

[RivaJane]

I love all the variations on the song "Embraceable You"! Neat!

[SimpleFaith]

I knew that sounded familiar! Thanks! :D

[fedepepe94]

i love leslie caron...

[galepere]

She's gorgeous and such a delight to watch.  One of my favorite movies!

[communiqation]

I love Leslie Caron. A brilliant dancer, and she brings a great light to the stage.

[ihateplaincheese11]

she's okay, but not too great. although sometimes the music is fast, and as a dancer I understand having to take some shortcuts sometimes to fit the music, but that's not excuse for things such as poor turnout and stepping on bent legs. She is good, but she could have been a lot better

[Tigerlily21]

No she was great. You have to understand on youtube the music doesn't exactly lineup with the picture. But I have this movie and she is right on point. And look at the reading scene and happy scene, great work.

[traumundillusion]

You're right. She's fantastic. I've seen the movie for many times since I was a child and many more. She was great in every movie.

[muslimapurple]

@ i hatepaincheese11, you have no idea and clearly don't know what you are talking about, and that's a matter of fact.

[ihateplaincheese11]

ok, maybe you ppl misunderstand me. she is good, but i'm looking at this from a ballet dancer's point of view (no pun intended) she is good, but i admit, i have seen better. i am impressed, but i would have been more impressed if she focused more on the little things like turning out and pointing her feet more. Jeez! why must you all jump on me because i say she could have been better?

[Jpopfiendno1]

Well Leslie Caron has admitted in T.V interviews that she was off the beat in various dance sequences in An American in Paris, including this one. However, no one really minds because she's so charming and beautiful and most don't notice inaccuracies in her dancing. She was 16 when she did this by the way. That's impressive in itself.

[4gpr]

i understand what you mean. and i hate plain cheese, too.

[TheodoraCLange]

I love you ScenePoa.

[cookieinabucket]

I love Leslie Caron!!!

[nancydrew5]

Leslie Caron was awesome. This is one of the best movies ever made. if you haven't watched it you're missing a treat!

[GarlandFan101]

gene kelly said that book reading part was sexier than the chair lol..haha got to love gene :)

[Tigerlily21]

ha ha where did he say that?

[GarlandFan101]

in the special features of the DVD. its how they made it and fun stuff like that :)

[akdrummerboy2010]

i love the sax part when she dances with the chair omg sexist thing ever

[wngud1109]

조회수가그새4천넘게올랐어ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ손담비의위력인가ㅋㅋㅋㅋ­ㅋㅋㅋ

[icecreamTree]

wow her dances are awesome!

btw the friend guy is busy trying to figure out bad qualities of the girl who he hasn't even seen? (i didn't watch the whole movie so not sure if he has or hasn't but anyways)

[AAMLfan]

That's his character - always moody and negative. lol

[gusdn0913]

네이버 뉴스 링크 따라 왔습니다. 역시 손담비가 낫군.ㅋㅋㅋ

[jamesious]

미쳤어...내가 미쳤어...

[shk2bwithu]

I See the Daum news too...

What Like a Dam bee Son of Korean Actress Dance is that?

Is That a Accident?

[dream9153]

님 영어못하시면 걍 한국말하삼

[kikiwvogue]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[wngud1109]

다음뉴스보고오신분?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[ShadowDancer02]

저

[koraeng2]

저요 ㅋㅋㅋ

[rythmbaby]

AMAZING

when she's reading and dancing at the same time, it's really astonishing!

answer to helena... : it's not that there aren't anymore talented people, it's just that media prefer to emphasize on scandal than to go look for gifted and amazing people. but these people exist, and underground culture and media allow us to know them (per chance!)

[helenajesstarzak]

You dont see talent like this anymore...

All the stars had more talent back then fx.

J. Garland, F. Astire, L. Caron, G. Kelly, and so on...

Now we have stars like Britney Spears and Paris Hilton!!!

Not talent at all!

[socialtalker1]

helenajesstarzak said:

"Now we have stars like Britney Spears and Paris Hilton!!!"

as if there were no talent stars back in the 40s and 50s, of course there were.

look at a show like "so you think you can dance" you might still believe yesterdays' stars were better, but at least that is more sensible and fair comparison.

[helenajesstarzak]

You misunderstood my message.

I ment that stars bakc then were better and now a days we have untalented people like Britney and Paris...

So relax alright...

I am a bigger fan of classic movies

then those we see now...

You just mis understood the whole thing I wrote

[Tigerlily21]

but those So Yo Think You Can dance stars aren't on magazine covers and in movies are they?

[TheodoraCLange]

Because art is art, and east is east, and west is west...

[soulfoodmonkey]

@helenajesstarzak yea everyone of them could sing dance, and act

[NtwProductionsNow]

Interesting, achronological sequence.

[incalculcable]

Um, is it just me, or did Lise not possess any of these qualities? It seemed that the perfect woman in this movie was Milo...

[Tigerlily21]

I don't think Leslie Caron was at her best in this movie. This was her first but boy could she dance though.

[1963terry]

The main point is, Milo could not dance.Lise could.I think she fit the part even though the acting was not great,but she more than made up for that with the great dancing.Remember this is her first movie.

[hellasexy22]

@incalculcable

Milo was too desperate & too willing to give "it" away. Some men love the hunt & chase sequence. I must admit I did not see the attraction to the Lise character other than she was really young; she looked older & cute in the perfume shop & extended ballet. But looked young in the pas de deux on the Champs Elysees, which served at their "sensual scene" But honestly, the true attraction was conjured up in Jerry's mind.

[beachbabe6271]

its funny that when she is doing the shim sham dance (the red backround) she was "modern", and now its fifty years later. Its just something funny to think about.

[andiejanefisher]

wow to be in Hollywood in those days you had to be a top ballerina, singer, actor, tap dancer, the lot!

[ydshabbos]

super  flexible

[fairylilac]

Ohhhh nice one, I love Leslie Caron.