The Gay Parisian

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Movie
Original title The Gay Parisian
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1941
length 20 minutes
Rod
Director Jean Negulesco
production Gordon Hollingshead
music Jacques Offenbach
camera Ernest Haller
cut Everett Dodd
occupation

The Gay Parisian (Eng .: "The Happy Parisian Woman") is an American short film by Jean Negulesco from 1941 with the Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo .

action

First, a young man from Peru is presented in a large picture frame , who travels to Paris with two luggage bags and immediately falls in love with a lovely glove seller . This already has numerous admirers, of whom above all a rich baron tries to get her. Another pretty flower girl is in love with the baron.

At Café Parisien mid-19th century, when the Cancan just experienced its heyday, celebrate waiters and guests happily in the hall. The baron and the Peruvian appear, both of whom are now vying for the glove seller's favor. Soldiers appear, whereupon other admirers try to win over the glove seller. The baron attacks one of his rivals and the Peruvian also begins to fight a rival. When the Peruvian messes with the waiters, he tries to hide under a bench, but the waiters discover and drive him away.

In the meantime the baron has his beloved to himself, whereupon the dance master Tortoni appears with a group of can-can dancers. The soldiers reappear and the Peruvian returns. When the baron and the glove seller kiss deeply, the Peruvian gives up.

background

The title of the short film is derived from the ballet Gaîté parisienne , compiled by Manuel Rosenthal in 1938 from various works by Jacques Offenbach and shown in the film by the Ballets Russes . The music comes from the operettas Orpheus in der Unterwelt , Mesdames de la Halle and Robinson Crusoé as well as from the operas Pariser Leben , La Périchole , Le Voyage dans la Lune and Hoffmanns Tales .

Awards

At the Academy Awards in 1942 , The Gay Parisian was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Short Film category, but could not stand up to MGM's Main Street on the March! push through.

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