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Synopsis: Fashion photographer Dick Avery, in search for an intellectual backdrop for an air-headed model, expropriates a Greenwich Village bookstore. When the photo session is over the store is left in a shambles, much to salesgirl Jo Stockton's dismay. Avery stays behind to help her clean up. Later, he examines the photos taken there and sees Jo in the background of one shot. He is intrigued by her unique appearance, as is Maggie Prescott, the editor of a leading fashion magazine. They offer Jo a modeling contract, which she reluctantly accepts only because it includes a trip to Paris. Eventually, her snobbish attitude toward the job softens, and Jo begins to enjoy the work and the company of her handsome photographer.
Director(s): Stanley Donen
Production: Paramount Pictures
  Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
NOT RATED
Year:
1957
103 min
1,255 Views


Do we look like people

who gape all day?

They can't understand anyone

coming here to work.

We should all go straight to

our hotels and get some rest.

- I am exhausted.

- I know how you feel.

I'm so tired it's an effort for me

to say I'm tired.

(Miss Prescott) Goodbye.

I'll be in touch.

I want to step out

Down the Champs Elysees

From the Arch of Triumph

To the Petit Palais

That's for me

Bonjour, Paris

I want to wander

Through the Saint-Honore

Do some window-shopping

In the Rue de la Paix

That's for me

Bonjour, Paris

I want to see the den

of thinking men

Like Jean-PauI Sartre

I must philosophise

with all the guys

Around Montmartre and Montparnasse

(all) I'm strictly tourist

But I couldn't care less

When they parlez-vous me

Then I gotta confess

That's for me

Bonjour, Paris

Light up the Louvre museum

Jazz up the Latin quarter

To show the richest

and the poorest

Here it comes

The great American tourist

This has got to be illegal

What I feel

Tres gai, tres chic,

tres magnifique

C'est moi, c'est vous,

c'est grand, c'est tutu

It's too good to be true

All the things we can do

You do things to my point of view

We can show you the north

Or we can show you the south

Then we can show you the west

Come on and show me the best

That's for me

Bonjour, Paris

- (crowd) Bonjour!

- Bonjour!

That's for me

Bonjour, Paris

(crowd) Bonjour!

Living is easy

The living is high

All good Americans

Should come here to die

Bonjour!

Is it real?

Am I here?

Am I here?

Is it real?

There's something missing

(both)

There's something missing, I know

(all) There's something missing

Something missing, I know

There's still one place

I've got to go

(gasps)

- Oh!

- Oh, no!

I thought that you were tired

I heard you say that you

You said

that you were so exhausted

You said you needed sleep

You toId me that you had to rest

You said you ought to rest

Is this what you call rest?

This fussing and fretting

is getting my goat

Let's all let our hair down

We're in the same boat

(all) We're strictly tourists

You can titter and jeer

All we want to say is

Lafayette, we are here

On a spree

Bonjour, Paris

- Bonjour.

- Bonjour.

Bonjour!

Well, how was that?

- Allo?

- (chatter)

Duval! I can't hear myself think,

and I'm trying to think in French.

- Maggie!

- Ssh! I'm calling again.

I shouldn't design

a collection for you.

I am jeopardising my position

with Harper's Bazaar and Vogue,

all for a girl who does not appear.

You're too important forjeopardy.

Relax. She will be here without faiI.

You said she would be here at ten

this morning. It is now past five.

- She's not at the hotel.

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Leonard Gershe

Leonard Gershe (June 10, 1922 - March 9, 2002) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and lyricist. Born in New York City, Gershe made his Broadway debut as a lyricist for the 1950 revue Alive and Kicking. He wrote the book for Harold Rome's musical stage adaptation of Destry Rides Again in 1959, and in 1969 a play, Butterflies are Free. Later Gershe wrote another play, Snacks, intended for Tony Danza. He wrote the lyrics for the "Born in a Trunk" sequence from the Judy Garland/James Mason musical A Star Is Born. In the 1950s, Gershe wrote ten scripts for the Ann Sothern sitcom Private Secretary. He also wrote a number of episodes of The Lucy Show. His screen credits include Funny Face, 40 Carats, and Butterflies Are Free. According to World of Wonder Gershe had a long-term relationship with composer Roger Edens.Gershe died in Beverly Hills, California from complications from a stroke. more…

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