#georges guétary

[themidcenturyscene]

Georges Guétary in "Loves of Casanova"

Século Ilustrado, No. 519, December 13 1947

#Georges Guétary #magazine #advertising #1940s #movies

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

Black and White October

An American in Paris / Ensemble cast, including Leslie Caron, Nina Foch, Gene Kelly, Oscar Levant, and Georges Guétary

What better post for Halloween, and to finish up the this month's theme, than a giant costume party where all the costumes are black and white? There's a special closeup on Leslie Caron's costume at the bottom, but the effect of all the costumes together is what really makes the scene.

The variety of costumes in this sequence is just dizzying. Check them out here:

#an american in paris #black and white october #Youtube #leslie caron #nina foch #gene kelly #georges guétary #oscar levant #movie costumes #musical costumes #one dress a day challenge #one dress a week challenge #1951 films #1951 movies #old hollywood #classic hollywood #classic films #costume party

[moviemosaics]

An American in Paris

directed by Vincente Minnelli, 1951

#An American in Paris #Vincente Minnelli #movie mosaics #Gene Kelly #Leslie Caron #Oscar Levant #Nina Foch #Georges Guétary

[edgarmoser]

paris chante toujours ! film français avec les compagnons de la chanson et édith piaf de pierre montazel, 1951

#paris chante toujours ! #édith piaf #les compagnons de la chanson #film français #andré dassary #georges guétary #luis mariano #yves montand #line renaud #tino rossi #jean sablon #georges ulmer

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

#an american in paris #gene kelly #leslie caron #oscar levant #georges guétary #nina foch #vincente minnelli #1951

[theodorebasmanov]

I’ve watched “An American in Paris”. I never thought I would, because in the trailer of “Singing in the Rain” it said: “Int the Spirit and Fun of ‘An American in Paris’” and I didn’t find “Singing in the Rain” especially fun (I don’t even recall why now…). Well, I did watch it and unexpectedly – I enjoyed it more than “Singing in the Rain” and it reminds of the situation with “Oklahoma!” and “Carousel” – they are pretty similar, the first movie I’ve watched first and it’s much more famous and I knew almost nothing about “Carousel” before watching and I enjoyed it much more than “Oklahoma!” and here’s almost the same thing – these movies often are mentioned together, they have the same actor on the main role, but I never heard of “An American in Paris” before watching that trailer. Well, getting to the movie itself – it’s about an American artist in Paris, who’s very lucky to get sponsored by a wealthy lady, but she hopes for their relationship to become a little more intimate and he’s in love with his friend’s fiancée (well, till the very end, he doesn’t know that she's his bride-to-be). I also felt some Paris atmosphere and there even was a café, which looked exactly like one from “Funny Face”. The music was good and choreography – just fantastic! I mean it was real ballet! And yes, this seventeen-minute dancing scene, in the end, was impressive, but so long. P.S. I’m not sure, but it seems to be a very bad idea to tap dance on the top of piano…

#movie #musical #an american in paris #movie musical #gene kelly #leslie caron #oscar levant #georges guétary #nina foch #ballet #dancing #dance #george gershwin

[mydarkmaterials]

#an american in paris #film #vincente minnelli #georges guétary

[alexlacquemanne]

Décembre MMXXII

Films

Détective privé (Harper) (1966) de Jack Smight avec Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Janet Leigh, Robert Wagner, Julie Harris, Shelley Winters et Pamela Tiffin

Le Grand Sommeil (The Big Sleep) (1946) de Howard Hawks avec Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone et Peggy Knudsen

Rebecca (1940) d'Alfred Hitchcock avec Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Nigel Bruce et Reginald Denny

Le Baron de l'écluse (1960) de Jean Delannoy avec Jean Gabin, Micheline Presle, Jacques Castelot, Aimée Mortimer, Jean Constantin, Blanchette Brunoy et Jean Desailly

La Femme d'à côté (1981) de François Truffaut avec Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Henri Garcin, Michèle Baumgartner : Arlette Coudray et Véronique Silver

De la part des copains (Cold Sweat) (1970) de Terence Young avec Charles Bronson, Liv Ullmann, James Mason, Jill Ireland, Jean Topart et Michel Constantin

Un Américain à Paris (An American in Paris) (1951) de Vincente Minnelli avec Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary et Nina Foch

L'Odyssée de l'African Queen (The African Queen) (1951) de John Huston avec Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull et Theodore Bikel

L'Arnaqueur (The Hustler) (1961) de Robert Rossen avec Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, Jackie Gleason et George C. Scott et Myron McCormick

L'Express du colonel Von Ryan (Von Ryan's Express) (1965) de Mark Robson avec Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Raffaella Carrà, Brad Dexter, Sergio Fantoni et Edward Mulhare

L'Adorable Voisine (Bell, Book and Candle) (1958) de Richard Quine avec James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Hermione Gingold et Elsa Lanchester

Hannibal (Annibale) (1959) de Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia et Edgar G. Ulmer avec Victor Mature, Rita Gam, Mario Girotti et Carlo Pedersoli, Gabriele Ferzetti et Milly Vitale

Cléopâtre (Cleopatra) (1963) de Joseph L. Mankiewicz avec Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall, Pamela Brown, George Cole et Martin Landau

Astérix et Cléopâtre (1968) de René Goscinny et Albert Uderzo avec Roger Carel, Jacques Morel, Micheline Dax, Lucien Raimbourg, Pierre Tornade et Bernard Lavalette

Les Trois Mousquetaires (The Three Musketeers) (1973) de Richard Lester avec Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Frank Finlay, Christopher Lee, Geraldine Chaplin, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Faye Dunaway et Charlton Heston

On l'appelait Milady (The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge) (1974) de Richard Lester avec Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Raquel Welch, Christopher Lee et Faye Dunaway

Salomon et la Reine de Saba (Solomon and Sheba) (1959) de King Vidor avec Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, George Sanders, Marisa Pavan, Finlay Currie et David Farrar

Avatar : La Voie de l'eau (Avatar: The Way of Water) (2022) de James Cameron avec Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Britain Dalton, Chloe Coleman et Stephen Lang

Fantômas (1964) d'André Hunebelle avec Jean Marais, Raymond Pellegrin, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot, Jacques Dynam, Robert Dalban et Marie-Hélène Arnaud

Fantômas se déchaîne (1965) d'André Hunebelle avec Louis de Funès, Jean Marais, Mylène Demongeot, Jacques Dynam et Robert Dalban

Derrick contre Superman (Eine grosse Fünf) (1992) de Michel Hazanavicius et Dominique Mézerette avec Patrick Burgel et Évelyne Grandjean

La Classe américaine : Le Grand Détournement (1993) de Michel Hazanavicius et Dominique Mézerette avec Christine Delaroche, Evelyne Grandjean, Marc Cassot, Patrick Guillemin, Raymond Loyer et Jean-Claude Montalban

Séries

Inspecteur Barnaby Saison 7, 21, 22, 20, 10

Les Femmes de paille - Le monstre du lac - Epouvantables épouvantails - Les Lions de Causton - La Randonnée de la mort - La monnaie de leur pièce - Le couperet de la justice - Les Sorcières d'Angel's Rise

Friends Saison 1, 2, 3

Celui qui déménage - Celui qui est perdu - Celui qui a un rôle - Celui avec George - Celui qui lave plus blanc - Celui qui est verni - Celui qui a du jus - Celui qui hallucine - Celui qui parle au ventre de sa femme - Celui qui singeait - Celui qui était comme les autres - Celui qui aimait les lasagnes - Celui qui fait des descentes dans les douches - Celui qui avait un cœur d'artichaut - Celui qui pète les plombs - Celui qui devient papa : 1re partie - Celui qui devient papa : 2e partie - Celui qui gagnait au poker - Celui qui a perdu son singe - Celui qui a un dentiste carié - Celui qui avait un singe - Celui qui rêve par procuration - Celui qui a failli rater l'accouchement - Celui qui fait craquer Rachel - Celui qui a une nouvelle fiancée - Celui qui détestait le lait maternel - Celui qui est mort dans l'appart du dessous - Celui qui avait viré de bord - Celui qui se faisait passer pour Bob - Celui qui a oublié un bébé dans le bus - Celui qui tombe des nues - Celui qui a été très maladroit - Celui qui cassait les radiateurs - Celui qui se dédouble - Celui qui n'apprécie pas certains mariages - Celui qui retrouve son singe : 1re partie - Celui qui retrouve son singe : 2e partie - Celui qui a failli aller au bal de promo - Celui qui a fait on ne sait quoi avec Rachel - Celui qui vit sa vie - Celui qui remplace celui qui part - Celui qui disparaît de la série - Celui qui ne voulait pas partir - Celui qui se met à parler - Celui qui affronte les voyous - Celui qui faisait le lien - Celui qui attrape la varicelle - Celui qui embrassait mal - Celui qui rêvait de la princesse Leia - Celui qui a du mal à se préparer - Celui qui avait la technique du câlin - Celui qui ne supportait pas les poupées - Celui qui bricolait - Celui qui se souvient - Celui qui était prof et élève - Celui qui avait pris un coup sur la tête - Celui pour qui le foot c'est pas le pied - Celui qui fait démissionner Rachel - Celui qui ne s'y retrouvait plus - Celui qui était très jaloux - Celui qui persiste et signe - Celui que les prothèses ne gênaient pas - Celui qui vivait mal la rupture - Celui qui a survécu au lendemain

Alexandra Ehle Saison 3

Sans visage

Coffre à Catch

#92 : Kane tombe dans un traquenard ! - #93 : The Brothers of Destruction à la ECW ! - #94 : Edge, Kofi, Shelton : Catch Attack représent !" - #95 : Tac Tac c'est l'anniversaire d'Ichtou ! (feat. David Jouan)

The Rookie Saison 4

Dénouement - Toc toc toc - Les trois quêtes - Tir à vue - Témoins à abattre - Un meurtre pour de vrai - Négociation - Traîtres - Simone - Enervo

The Crown Saison 5

Comme un déjà vu - Le système - Mou Mou - Annus horribilis - Des précautions salutaires - La Maison Ipatiev - No woman's land - Une vraie poudrière - Couple numéro 31 - Déclassement

Columbo Saison 4, 3

Inculpé de meurtre - Play Back - Candidat au crime

Affaires Sensibles

Leonarda, l'adolescente qui a défié le président

Meurtres au paradis

Le fantôme de Noël

Spectacles

Bénabar : tournée des indociles (2022) au Cirque d'Amiens

Alain Souchon au Dôme de Paris (2022)

The Glenn Miller Orchestra Live at the Avalon Theatre (2021)

L'orchestre fait son cinéma au Zénith de Pau (2013)

Livres

La vengeance du Chat de Phillipe Geluck

Nota Bene, Tome 5 : La Mythologie Grecque de Benjamin Brillaud, Mathieu Mariolle, Phil Castaza et Joël Odone

Détective Conan, Tome 3 de Gôshô Aoyama

Mémoires d'un gros mytho de François Rollin et Stéphane Trapier

OSS 117 : Gâchis à Karachi de Jean Bruce

Tatiana K. Tome 3 : Le stygmate de Longinus de François Corteggiani et Emanuele Barison

Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours de Jules Verne

Kaamelott Tome 9 : Les renforts maléfiques de Alexandre Astier et Steven Dupré

The Clash en BD de Jean-Philippe Gonot et Gaëts

Le Voyage du Père Noël des Editions Korrigan

Astérix Tome24 : Astérix chez les Belges de René Goscinny et Albert Uderzo

Lucky Luke Tome 56 : Le ranch maudit de Morris, Claude Guylouis et Michel Janvier

#mediatheque #décembre22

[delux2222]

"The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too."

Happy Birthday, Oscar Levant (1906-1972)

with Georges Guétary and Gene Kelly in An American in Paris, 1951

#Dec 27

[byneddiedingo]

Georges Guétary, Oscar Levant, and Gene Kelly in An American in Paris (Vincente Minnelli, 1951) Cast: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary, Nina Foch. Screenplay: Alan Jay Lerner. Cinematography: Alfred Gilks, John Alton. Art direction: E. Preston Ames, Cedric Gibbons. Film editing: Adrienne Fazan. Music: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, songs; Conrad Salinger, orchestrator. Sure, there are things wrong with An American in Paris. The Oscar-winning screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner relies on clichés like the infatuation at first sight by Jerry (Gene Kelly) with Lise (Leslie Caron) and the threat of the predatory wealthy divorcee played by Nina Foch, and it serves too often as a mechanical way of setting up the musical numbers. Some of the numbers, like Oscar Levant's performance of the third movement of Gershwin's Concerto in F and Georges Guétary's "Stairway to Paradise," are simply shoehorned into the story. And the once-celebrated concluding 17-minute ballet now seems a little overblown and pretentious. Yet I cherish the film for serving up as many Gershwin songs as it does, including some comparative rarities like "By Strauss" and "Tra-la-la (This Time It's Really Love)." I like, too, that Kelly's sometimes overbearing charm offensive is checked by Levant's acerbity and by Guétary's less strenuous effort at being charming. It's not the greatest of MGM musicals, lacking the wit that Betty Comden and Adolph Green infused into their screenplays and the style that Stanley Donen brought to his directing. I sometimes think that Vincente Minnelli was a better director of melodramas like The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), Some Came Running (1958), and Home From the Hill (1960) than he was of musicals like Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), An American in Paris and Gigi (1958), in which he could let the songs do the work for him. Still, if you've got Gershwin to do the work for you, why not just lean back and let go?

#An American in Paris #Vincente Minnelli #Gene Kelly

[motownfiction]

the latest and the greatest

Sadie and Sam’s first spot is Nankin Mills. They don’t go in the house – they’re not those types of nerds – but they walk around outside. Almost no one is around. Too damn hot.

“Remember when we first started driving?” Sam asks. “And we used to take Dad’s pickup up and down Hines Drive?”

Sadie laughs and nods.

“That’s back when you would still drive it,” she says.

“Things change, Sadie Lou,” Sam says. “Anyway, you remember how I always used to stop here and turn us around?”

Sadie nods again.

“You were worried that if you drove for much longer, you’d get lost,” she says. “You said you drove by landmarks.”

“And I still do. If they ever get rid of that McDonald’s on the way to Henry Ford, I’m fucked. Fucked, I tell you!”

Another little laugh. Sadie stuffs her hands in the pockets of her shorts and thinks about crying before she’s able to nip it in the bud. No crying. Not now. Not with Sam. She can tell he has enough on his plate.

“You know, maybe we should go inside,” Sadie says. “It’s one of those ‘I’m so hot I’m going to puke’ days.”

“Do people do that?”

“Commonly. Especially when they’re …”

Sam looks at her to keep going, but she just turns red and looks away. For a second, Sam thinks about chasing after the thought. He doesn’t. Sadie’s not like Charlie. She doesn’t want you to chase after her. She’ll come when she’s ready.

“Never mind,” she says bashfully. “Oh, hey, I have an idea. Let’s play that game.”

Sam makes a face.

“Monopoly?” he asks. “Go Fish? Gin? That weird one where we just list the names of cheese until we get bored or run out? Or both?”

“No,” Sadie says. “The one where I say the name of a song, and you give me a song that starts with the last letter of the one I said. Repeat until we figure out something else to do.”

Sam puffs out his chest like a king.

“Ah, I see,” he says. “The easiest game in the world.”

“Daniel says it’s pretty hard,” Sadie says.

“That’s how he landed twelve girls before you.”

He expects Sadie to roll her eyes or give him a sisterly shove. She doesn’t. Instead, she crosses one foot over the other and stares at the dirt like it’s going to give her all the answers to all of life’s problems. Sam’s heart jumps into his throat. He wants to ask if something’s wrong, but he knows he can’t. Sadie doesn’t like it when people pry. She’s the one who does the prying.

“Yeah,” she says, a little weak. “Well, should I start?”

“Sure,” Sam says. “I’ll make it easy on you.”

“OK. Hmm. ‘Hey, Good Lookin.’ Hank Williams.”

“Does the song have to start with an apostrophe? Or will an N suffice?”

“Ooh, you know, if you can give me an apostrophe, I might swing through Wendy’s and get you a Single.”

“And if Daniel’s working, we can get it for free.”

Sadie looks down and scuffs her shoes on the dirt again. Sam has to bite his tongue. He takes a breath and gives his answer.

“‘S Wonderful,’” he says. “Composed by George Gershwin. I’m thinking of the one from An American in Paris, of course. Gene Kelly and Georges Guétary. Great version.”

Sadie nods, taking the L – the one and only time in the world that phrase has applied to someone’s impending victory.

“‘Lonely Teardrops,’” she says. “One of your very favorites.”

“You bet,” Sam says. “Here, take this one. ‘Sexy Sadie.’”

Sadie smiles and tosses her hair over one shoulder.

“Ah, yes,” she says. “The song everyone assumes I’m named after, despite the fact that we are a year and a half older than the White Album.”

“Gotta admit, it is a great song, though. Would be a kickass song to be named after.”

“Oh, certainly. Certainly.”

“I mean, imagine introducing yourself that way at parties. I mean, I guess you still can, being named Sadie and everything, but how much cooler would it be if it were a real Beatles name? You’d shake somebody’s hand, and you’d go, ‘Nice to meet you, I’m sexy Sadie – the latest and the greatest of them all.’”

Sam turns to Sadie to giggle, just for a moment, but Sadie’s not giggling. Her face is stark white, and she looks like she might vomit. Maybe she wasn’t lying about the heat and its havoc on the human stomach. He moves in to check on her. Before he can get too close, she blurts out words he couldn’t have possibly been prepared to hear.

“I think I might be pregnant.”

And just like that, the world grinds to a halt.

#drabble #writeblr #ch: sam doyle #ch: sadie doyle #dynamic: i'll be your mirror #year: 1983 #series: hot blooded

[goldenagearchive]

Georges Guétary performing the Stairway to Paradise number in An American in Paris (1951)

#Georges Guétary #gene kelly #leslie caron #an american in paris #paris #france #french #musical #aesthetic #classic hollywood #golden age #golden age of hollywood #vintage #vintage aesthetic #vintage fashion #vintage hollywood #classic movie stars #classics #parisian #art #history #dance #dancing #singing #music #icons

[equatorjournal]

#georges guétary #cover art #summer #blue

[edgarmoser]

collection disques pathé, affiches

#lucienne boyer #annie fratellini #éliane célys #marjane #georges guétary #luis mariano #andré claveau #jacques helian #alibert #rina ketty

[esperwatchesfilms]

An American in Paris (1951)

I love musicals. I love Gene Kelly. This was his favorite of the musicals he’s been in. I have to wonder about Gene Kelly’s taste level or if he’s confusing the enjoyment of making it with how good it actually is. I found myself bored, I constantly found myself ultra annoyed that this girl stayed with one guy and fell in love with another, but still planned to go through with the marriage. She’s clearly an idiot kid. And MEANWHILE, they’ve got Jerry treating the poor heiress like shit. What a dickhead.

And I know it’s a unique idea to have the last 20 minutes simply be a ballet. But I’ll tell you what... it’s a boring as hell ballet and it’s a boring as hell film.

ESE: 45/100

50 +5 for the contradictions in describing this girl +5 for “I Got Rhythm” -5 for bothering Lise -10 for being rude as hell +5 for piano tap dance +10 for Gene Kelly -5 for “I love you! But I’m planning to marry your friend, actually...” -10 for Jerry using the heiress +10 for black and white costume party +5 for the dancers in the 20-minute ballet -10 for the 20-minute ballet -5 for the ending

#An American in Paris #drama #musical #romance #Gene Kelly #Leslie Caron #Nina Foch #Oscar Levant #Georges Guétary #Hayden Rorke #Anna Q. Nilsson #films #movies #50s movies #50s films #review #world record

[mxalexwhat]

One of the things I love most about the stage adaption of An American In Paris is the deeper theme of creating and finding beauty after seeing and experiencing the horrors of WW2.

The people still shake upon hearing loud noises and are still experiencing power outages. Neighbors are still unsure of who they can trust. The cities are still half destroyed.

Adam, whose been so hurt physically and emotionally by these horrors, wants to express these pains through music, which is an amazing feat and can be therapeutic, but it isn’t until the end of the show that he realizes that while it can express, art can also change a feeling. For the people of France, who’ve felt nothing but hopelessness and fear for so long, can feel also inspired, feel joy and closeness again through Adam’s music. Even more so when combined with Jerry’s art and Henri’s singing and Lise’s dancing.

Art, whether it’s painting or music or dancing, can create joy and beauty where there is none. And that’s what so wonderful about musicals, isn’t it? The combination of all these to express a feeling but also alter a feeling.

#an american in paris #gene kelly #oscar levant #leslie coran #georges guétary #brandon uranowitz