Is Paris Burning?
The book is a classic, dramatized account of the liberation of Paris in 1944, creating a mosaic of exciting individual stories in the shadow of great historical events. The movie…
Gigi: A Belle Époque Girl
Leslie Caron. Photo: MGM There’s a moment in The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) where Peter Sellers impersonates Maurice Chevalier singing ”Thank Heaven for Little Girls” with an extreme French…
An American in Paris: Art, Dance & Romance
Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron. Photo: MGM ”An American in Paris” first saw the light of day in 1928. A jazzy orchestral piece, it was written by George Gershwin and…