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10 January 1942 (USA) morePlot:
In a Paris nightclub setting, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performs to the music of Jacques Offenbach. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. moreUser Comments:
A Peruvian In Gay Paree moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo | ... | Themselves |
| Léonide Massine | ... | The Peruvian (as Leonide Massine) |
| Milada Mladova | ... | The Glove Seller |
| Frederic Franklin | ... | The Baron |
| Nathalie Krassovska | ... | The Flower Girl |
| Andre Eglevsky | ... | Tortoni - The Dancing Master |
| Igor Youskevitch | ... | Officer |
| Lubov Roudenko | ... | Can-Can Dancer |
| Casimir Kokitch | ... | Dancer |
| James Starbuck | ... | Dancer |
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Fun Stuff
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The movie moguls that ran the studios back in the day liked to make some pretense to culture. For that reason we are lucky in that so many classical artists got to show their stuff on film and are preserved for generations to see.
This is no less true of the ballet than for singing artists as well. For those who love the ballet, The Gay Parisian is filmed version of Leonide Massime's choreographed ballet in which he dances the title role of the Peruvian which he created. The story of the ballet is an eternal love triangle between the Peruvian visiting Paris who falls in love with the glove seller Mlada Madova who has the Baron, Frederic Franklin, who sees her as his personal property.
With the Ballet Russe company performing Massime did a marvelous not only in choreographing, but in selecting the proper music to reflect the Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec. The apache is performed and of course towards the end Offenbach's can-can is performed and worked nicely into the choreography.
The Gay Parisian got an Oscar nomination for Best Short Subject in 1941 and it holds up well today. For lovers of the ballet this is a must.