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The Gay Parisian is an American short film produced in 1941 by Warner Bros. featuring the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo and directed by Jean Negulesco. The film is a screen adaptation, in Technicolor, of the 1938 ballet Gaîté Parisienne, choreographed by Léonide Massine to music by Jacques Offenbach. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 14th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).
Keywords
dance
ballet
short film
Casts

Léonide Massine
The Peruvian

Milada Mladova
The Glove Seller
Frederic Franklin
The Baron
Nathalie Krassovska
The Flower Girl

Andre Eglevsky
Tortoni

Igor Youskevitch
Officer
James Starbuck
Dancer
Lubov Roudenko
Can-Can Dancer
Casimir Kokitch
Dancer

Cyd Charisse
Dancer (uncredited)

Marc Platt
Dancer (uncredited)

George Zoritch
Dancer (uncredited)
Crews

Jean Negulesco
Director
Gordon Hollingshead
Associate Producer
Barbara Karinska
Costume Design
Charles David Forrest
Sound

Natalie Kalmus
Colorist
Efrem Kurtz
Music Director
Sol Hurok
Music Arranger

Léonide Massine
Choreographer
Vincenzo Celli
Choreographer
Everett Dodd
Editor
Charles Novi
Art Direction

Ernest Haller
Director of Photography
Backdrops & Posters


