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American World War II veteran Jerry Mulligan lives in Paris trying to succeed as an artist. His friend and neighbor Adam Cook is a struggling concert pianist and longtime associate of French singer Henri Baurel.
If getting tangled up in a love triangle counts as "something happening" to Jerry, then our main man Mulligan is a wild success. But we're pretty sure breaking hearts isn't what he had in mind when put down roots in Paris.
Featuring a score by American musical icon George Gershwin and dance performances by the talented Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron, it tells the story of Jerry Mulligan, a struggling American painter in post-war Paris in love with Lise, a young French woman already engaged to a cabaret singer.
American expatriate and ex-GI Jerry Mulligan (Gene Kelly), who had decided to study to be a painter in Paris, performed a song/dance to the neighborhood street children: "I Got Rhythm" Jerry also shared a romantic song/dance with Lise on the quay next to the bank of the Seine River to "Our Love is Here to Stay"
At a raucous masked ball, with everyone in black-and-white costumes, Milo learns that Jerry is not interested in her, Jerry learns that Lise is in love with him, but is marrying Henri the next day, and Henri overhears their conversation.
Sep 8, 2020 · Although Milo is more interested in Jerry than in his paintings, Jerry falls in love with the young Lise (Leslie Carron). All the while not knowing that she is the girlfriend of one of his friends. Cast: Gene Kelly – Jerry Mulligan
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Jerry Mulligan : This is Paris, and I'm an American who lives here. My name: Jerry Mulligan, and I'm an ex G.I. In 1945, when the army told me to find my own job, I stayed on. And I'll tell you why: I'm a painter, and all my life that's all I've ever wanted to do.
