Les Girls ( Cole Porter's Les Girls )

Les Girls (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Cole Porter's Les Girls
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
109 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1957 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
George Cukor

Written By:
John Patrick
Vera Caspary

Actors:
Gene Kelly ..... Barry Nichols
Mitzi Gaynor ..... Joanne 'Joy' Henderson
Kay Kendall ..... Lady Sybil Wren
Taina Elg ..... Angèle Ducros
Jacques Bergerac ..... Pierre Ducros
Leslie Phillips ..... Sir Gerald Wren
Henry Daniell ..... Judge
Patrick Macnee ..... Sir Percy
Stephen Vercoe ..... Mr. Outward
Philip Tonge ..... Associate Judge

Synopsis:

Les Girls is the Rashomon of MGM musicals. The film is told in flashback, as Mitzi Gaynor and Taina Elg, two-thirds of a popular cabaret trio, attempt to legally block the third, Kay Kendall, from writing her memoirs. Each of 'Les Girls' has her own interpretation of the group's previous professional and amorous escapades. To make sense of these wildly diverse recollections, the court must rely upon a fourth party to straighten things out. Enter Gene Kelly, the dancing star who organized 'Les Girls' in the first place. But can Kelly be believed? The 'truth' of the many reminiscences in Les Girls is secondary to the dazzling beauty of its female stars, and to the delightful musical numbers, the best of which is an extended Marlon Brando parody titled 'Why Am I So Gone About That Gal?' This was Gene Kelly's last musical effort for MGM, the studio he joined way back in 1943; the film was the inspiration for the short-lived 1963 TV series Harry's Girls, which starred Larry Blyden, Susan Silo, Dawn Nickerson and Diahn Williams.

After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe 'Barry Nichols and Les Girls', Sybil Wren (Kay Kendall) is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele (Taina Elg). A Rashômon (1950)-style narrative presents the story from three points of view where Sybil accuses Angele of having an affair with Barry (Gene Kelly), while Angele insists that it was actually Sybil who was having the affair. Finally, Barry gives his side of the story.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 20 July, 2011.