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The Basics: Gene and His Love for France

Posted by Mer on Aug 4, 2011 in biography, featured, Gene Kelly: The Basics, musicals | 0 comments

This entry is part 12 of 16 in the series Gene Kelly: The Basics.In the opening voiceover from An American in Paris (1951), Gene Kelly’s character, Jerry Mulligan, neatly parallels Gene’s own thoughts on the subject at hand: “Paris is a mood, a longing you didn’t know you had until it was answered. Paris is like love or art or faith, it can’t be explained, only felt.” (Right: Gene flying high for Air France.) As I rewatched An American in Paris for the umpteenth time...