APRIL IN PARIS

April in Paris
Warner Bros., 1952, Color, 101 minutes, ***
Released December 1952

Doris Day is the perky chorus girl mistakenly sent to a Paris arts festival who finds love on an ocean liner with milquetoast diplomat Ray Bolger. Dancing, singing and sparkling romance ensue, with songs like "It Must Be Good," "That's What Makes Paree" and "The Place You Hold in My Heart." With Eve Miller, Claude Dauphin. One of the funniest scenes in any musical-comedy is that of Claude Dauphin singing "April in Paris" at an outdoor cafe in Paris during a storm!

Produced by: William Jacobs
Directed by: David Butler
Assistant Director: Phil Quinn
Screenplay: Jack Rose and Melville Shavelson
Original Songs: Lyrics by Sammy Cahn, Music by Vernon Duke
Song: "April in Paris" Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, Music by Vernon Duke
Musical Direction by: Ray Heindorf
Orchestrations: Frank Comstock
Vocal Arrangements: Norman Luboff
Musical Numbers Staged and Directed by: LeRoy Prinz
Art Director: Leo K. Kuter
Set Decorator: Lyle B. Reifsnider
Wardrobe by: Leah Rhodes
Makeup Artist: Gordon Bau
Sound by: C. A. Riggs, David Forrest
Director of Photography: Wilfred M. Cline
Color by Technicolor
Technicolor Color Consultant: Mitchell G. Kovaleski
Film Editor: Irene Morra

Cast: Doris Day [Ethel "Dynamite" Jackson], Ray Bolger [Samuel Winthrop Putnam], Claude Dauphin [Philippe Fouquet], Eve Miller [Marcia Sherman], George Givot [Francois], Paul Harvey [Secretary Sherman], Herbert Farjeon [Joshua Stevens], Wilson Millar [Sinclair Wilson], Raymond Largay [Joseph Welmar], John Alvin [Tracy], Jack Lomas [Cab Driver]

Musical Program: [0:00] April in Paris (sung by Chorus behind titles); [0:07] It Must Be Good (sung and danced by Doris Day and Girls Chorus); [0:17] April in Paris (sung by Doris Day); [0:23] Life Is Such a Pleasure (sung and danced by Ray Bolger); [0:33] Give Me Your Lips (sung by Claude Dauphin); [0:45] Au pres de ma blonde, French song of the 17th century(sung by Claude Dauphin and Kitchen Staff, danced by Claude Dauphin, Doris Day and Kitchen Staff); [0:49] I'm Gonna Ring the Bell Tonight (sung and danced by Doris Day, Claude Dauphin, Ray Bolger, Musicians and Kitchen Staff); [1:03] The Place You Hold in My Heart (sung by Doris Day); [1:22] April in Paris (sung by Claude Dauphin in and outdoor cafe as the wind blows up a storm -- funny scene!); [1:26] That's What Makes Paris Paree (sung by Doris Day and Claude Dauphin, danced by Chorus); [1:37] I Ask You (sung by Doris Day, Claude Dauphin and Ray Bolger); [1:39] April in Paris (reprised by Chorus)