Rating: NR
Genre: Musical
Release Date: 04/22/2003
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DD1
Run Time: 114 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video

Les Girls is the Rashomon of MGM musicals. The film is told in flashback, as Mitzi Gaynor and Taina Elg, two-thirds of a popular cabaret trio, attempt to legally block the third, Kay Kendall, from writing her memoirs. Each of "Les Girls" has her own interpretation of the group's previous professional and amorous escapades. To make sense of these wildly diverse recollections, the court must rely upon a fourth party to straighten things out. Enter Gene Kelly, the dancing star who organized "Les Girls" in the first place. But can Kelly be believed? The "truth" of the many reminiscences in Les Girls is secondary to the dazzling beauty of its female stars, and to the delightful musical numbers, the best of which is an extended Marlon Brando parody titled "Why Am I So Gone About That Gal?" This was Gene Kelly's last musical effort for MGM, the studio he joined way back in 1943; the film was the inspiration for the short-lived 1963 TV series Harry's Girls, which starred Larry Blyden, Susan Silo, Dawn Nickerson and Diahn Williams.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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A Musical Adult Drama.
George Cukor brings a delightful Cole Porter musical to the big screen adapted from the novel by Vera Caspary. Gene Kelly stars as an American showman, who recruits three beautiful girls, played by Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall, and Taina Elg, into a cabaret-style trio, whose relationship is later scrutinized by a book written by one of the girls. Many of Cole Porter's are featured in the picture including the movie's title song, Ca C'est L'Amour, You're Just Too, Too!, Ladies in Waiting, and Why Am I So Gone About that Gal? The movie won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design and Kay Kendall won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Also starring Jacques Bergerac, Leslie Phillips, Henry Daniell, Patrick Macnee, Stephen Vercoe, Phillip Tonge, Barrie Chase, and Cyril Delevanti.

Cast:
Gene Kelly - Barry Nichols
Mitzi Gaynor - Joy Henderson
Kay Kendall - Sybil 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

Production:
George Cukor - Director
Saul Chaplin Sol C. Siegel - Producer
Cole Porter - Composer
Ferris Webster - Editor
John Patrick - Screen Writer
Edwin B. Willis - Set Designer
Gene Allen - Art Director
William Horning - Art Director
Jack Cole - Choreography
Robert Surtees - Cinematographer
Orry-Kelly - Costume Designer
Adolph Deutsch - Musical Direction/Supervision
Vera Caspary - Short Story Author
Wesley C. Miller - Sound/Sound Designer

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1957 Directors Guild of America

1957 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie

1957 Golden Globe