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AN AMERICAN IN PARIS [film]

Title

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS [film]

Release Date

1950

Genre

film

Production and Recordings Information

Records by members of orig cast. Gene Kelly: "'s Wonderful," "I Got Rhythm," "Love Is Here to Stay" Dropped before release: "I've Got a Crush on You" (1977: ALB-749) Georges Guetary: "'s Wonderful" (1989, rec live: ALB-1294)

Soundtrack. MUSIC: George Gershwin. WORDS: Ira Gershwin, B G DeSylva. ORCH: Conrad Salinger, John Green. COND: John Green. PIANO: Oscar Levant. CAST: Gene Kelly, Georges Guetary, Oscar Levant, Benny Carter Orch. (CD/Rhino R2-71961, with extended versions & outtakes. Incomplete: CD/CBS AK-45391; MGM 10" 93; CD/CBS(E) 70286, with Les Girls. Excerpts: Orchestra: "American in Paris Ballet" (ALB-1704, ALB-2247) Kelly: "Love Is Here to Stay" (ALB-416, ALB-501, ALB-935, ALB-1670, ALB-1704, ALB-1765, ALB-2247) "I've Got a Crush on You" (outtake) (ALB-455, ALB-1765) Kelly, children: "I Got Rhythm" (ALB-416, ALB-501, ALB-1670, ALB-1699, ALB-1704, ALB-2247) Kelly, Guetary: "'S Wonderful" (ALB-501, ALB-975, ALB-1273, ALB-1627, ALB-1670, ALB-1699, ALB-1765) "By Strauss" Kelly, Levant: "Tra-la-la" (ALB-654) Guetary: "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise" (ALB-416, ALB-1627, ALB-1704, ALB-1765, ALB-2092, ALB-2247) "But Not for Me" (outtake), "Love Walked In" (outtake), "Nice Work If You Can Get It" Levant: "I Don't Think I'll Fall in Love Today" "Bidin' My Time" (outtake), "My Cousin from Milwaukee/A Foggy Day/The Half of It Dearie Blues/But Not for Me" (outtake) (ALB-654) Benny Carter Orch: "Do-Do-Do/Bidin' My Time/I've Got a Crush on You/Love Is Here to Stay" (ALB-654, ALB-1964)

Note

From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond

DigitalID

loc.natlib.smor.1950-1

Last Updated: 08-23-2012