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House editorial illustration for Gigi (1949): an adult young woman stands between two older women on a Belle Époque salon film set while crew members adjust a lamp and backdrop.

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Gigi

by Jacqueline Audry

Gigi is a 1949 French film directed by Jacqueline Audry, the first screen adaptation of Colette's 1944 novella. Danièle Delorme plays Gigi, a girl raised by her family for the courtesan's life who instead wins marriage and a choice of her own. It preceded the 1951 Broadway play and the 1958 MGM musical.

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1949
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Adapts · 1949

Gigi

The first screen version of Colette's 1944 novella, adapted by Pierre Laroche and directed by Jacqueline Audry, with Danièle Delorme in the title role.

— Société des amis de Colette — Chronology; Gigi (Jacqueline Audry, 1949) — film record

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  1. 1Société des amis de Colette — Chronology

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  2. 2Gigi (Jacqueline Audry, 1949) — film record

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  1. 3Jacqueline Audry, sortir du cadre

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    La Cinémathèque française, 2020
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  2. 4Gigi — Recent Collections Record

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    La Cinémathèque française, 2024
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