LES GIRLS

Les Girls
(aka "Cole Porter's Les Girls")
MGM, 1957, Color, 114 minutes
Released October, 1957

Lively Cole Porter songs highlight this musical comedy. Gene Kelly's a dancer touring Europe who romances each of the beautiful members of his troupe (Taina Elg, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall), which leads to funny complications and a hilarious courtroom climax. Songs include "Les Girls," "Flower Song," "Ladies in Waiting," and more.

Producer: Sol C. Siegel
Associate Producer: Saul Chaplin
Directed by: George Cukor
Assistant Director: Robert Saunders
Screen Play by: John Patrick
Story by: Vera Caspary
Music and Lyrics by: Cole Porter
Music Adapted and Conducted by: Adolph Deutsch
Orchestrations: Alexander Courage, Skip Martin
Vocal Supervision: Robert Tucker
Choreography by: Jack Cole
Art Directors: William A. Horning and Gene Allen
Set Decorations: Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle
Wardrobe by: Orry Kelly
Hair Styles: Sydney Guilaroff
Make-Up Created by: William Tuttle
Recording Supervisor: Dr. Wesley C. Miller
Director of Photography: Robert Surtees
Special Effects: Lee LeBlanc
Filmed in CinemaScope and Metrocolor
Color Co-ordinator: Hoyningen-Huene
Film Editor: Ferris Webster

Awards: Academy Award for Best Costume Design; Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration and Best Sound

Cast: Gene Kelly [Barry Nichols], Mitzi Gaynor [Joy Henderson], Kay Kendall [Lady Wren], Taina Elg [Angele 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], Owen McGiveney [Court Usher], Francis Ravel [French Stage Manager], Adrienne d'Ambricourt [Wardrobe Woman], Maurice Marsac [French House Manager], Cyril Delevanti [Fanatic], George Navarro [Waiter], Nestor Paiva [Spanish Peasant Man], Maya Van Horn [Stout French Woman], Luisa Triana [Flamenco Dancer], Genevieve Pasques [Shopkeeper], Lilyan Chauvin [Dancer], Richard Alexander [Stagehand]

Musical Program: [0:13] Les Girls (sung and danced by Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall [dubbed by Betty Wand] and Taina Elg [dubbed by Thara Matthieson]); [0:21] Rope Dance (danced by Gene Kelly and Taina Elg); [0:31] Ça c'est l'Amour (sung by Thara Matthieson dubbing for Taina Elg); [0:37] Ladies in Waiting (sung by Mitzi Gaynor, Betty Wand dubbing for Kay Kendall, and Thara Matthieson dubbing for Taina Elg; reprised by same in separate scene); [0:43] Be a Clown (short excerpt played in background by Orchestra during backstage scene); [1:01] You're Just Too Too (sung by Gene Kelly and Kay Kendall partly dubbed by Betty Wand); [1:03] Les Girls (excerpts sung behind travel montage by Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall [dubbed by Betty Wand] and Taina Elg [dubbed by Thara Matthieson]); [1:07] Flower Song (excerpt played and danced at club); [1:13] Ladies in Waiting (sung by Mitzi Gaynor, Thara Matthieson dubbing for Taina Elg and a drunk Kay Kendall); [1:31] Why am I So Gone About That Gal? (sung by Gene Kelly with Mens Chorus, danced by Gene Kelly and Mitzi Gaynor)