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Les Girls (1957) 6.6
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 Rashomon... See full summary » Director:George Cukor |
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Title: Les Girls (1957)
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Barry Nichols
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Joanne 'Joy' Henderson
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Kay Kendall | ... |
Lady Sybil Wren
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Taina Elg | ... |
Angèle Ducros
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Pierre Ducros
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Sir Gerald Wren
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Sir Percy
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Stephen Vercoe | ... |
Mr. Outward
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Philip Tonge | ... |
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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 Rashomon-style narrative presents the story from three points of view. 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. Written by Azure_Girl
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EnglishRelease Date:
26 December 1957 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
Cole Porter's Les Girls See more »Company Credits
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Barry Nichols: The doctor told me not to dance. I'm not gonna dance.
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(uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Performed by Gene Kelly
Danced by Gene Kelly and Mitzi Gaynor
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The last musical and movie Gene Kelly made for MGM under his contract. It wasn't until the documentary That's Entertainment! that he would appear in another MGM musical. See more »Goofs
Mitzi Gaynor breaks her picture over Gene Kelly's head, and storms out the door. As he gets up to go after her, the frame is still clearly around his neck. But as he goes out the door, the frame is gone. See more »Quotes
Joy Henderson: Barry, remember what the doctor told you!Barry Nichols: The doctor told me not to dance. I'm not gonna dance.
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Soundtracks
"Why Am I So Gone (About that Gal)?"(uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Performed by Gene Kelly
Danced by Gene Kelly and Mitzi Gaynor
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Okay, perhaps this isn't on a par with Gene Kelly's greatest films, and perhaps the Cole Porter score is not one of his absolute best. But this film is so well written (its take on "Rashomon" is extremely clever), such a brilliant combination of comedy, drama, song and dance, with an exceptional performance by the great Kay Kendall, and equally fine turns by Mitzi Gaynor (who is always maligned, when she had developed into a terrific singing/dancing comedienne by this point in her career), Taina Elg and Kelly. John Patrick's screenplay is extremely witty, Porter's songs (while too few) are fun, George Cukor's direction is swift and elegant, and Jack Cole's choreography is great fun ("Why Am I So Gone" show Kelly and Gaynor off terrifically, and is a funny parody on the Brando craze of the 50s). All in all, a great show that deserves a far better reputation than it has; I've seen it many times since childhood, and always enjoy it immensely.