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House editorial illustration for Gigi (1958): an adult young woman with a red parasol crosses a lively Belle Époque Paris square filled with café patrons, musicians, flower sellers, families, and film crew.

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Gigi

by Vincente Minnelli

Gigi is the 1958 MGM musical directed by Vincente Minnelli, adapted from Colette's novella by Alan Jay Lerner with music by Frederick Loewe. Leslie Caron plays Gigi, with Louis Jourdan and Maurice Chevalier. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture and made Gigi Colette's most familiar title outside France.

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1958
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Adapts · 1958

Gigi

The MGM musical from the novella, with Alan Jay Lerner's screenplay and lyrics, Frederick Loewe's score, and Leslie Caron as Gigi; directed by Vincente Minnelli.

— Gigi (1958); Société des amis de Colette — Chronology

Cast · 1958

Leslie Caron

Leslie Caron played Gigi in the MGM musical.

— Gigi (1958)

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  1. 1Gigi (1958)

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  2. 2Gigi (1958) — AFI Catalog

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  1. 3An Intimate Conversation with Leslie Caron and 65 Years of Gigi

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  2. 4At the Packard Campus — March 2019: Gigi

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    Library of Congress, 2019
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