vincente minnelli direct some of the most celebrated entertainment in cinema history . he be among the first hollywood director to show that a profound love of color and motion and music might produce intelligent entertainment . american in paris be the story of an ex gi who remain in france after the war to study and paint . he fall in love with a charming gamine lise bourvier . their romantic love affair sparkle as brightly a the city of light itself . the whole movie bring a touch of french elegance where technique and artistic style and music all come together in perfect synchronism . the first musical sequence introduce the exciting personality of leslie caron in her screen debut . she be like a diamond and a touch of class . george guetary describe his fiancée ambiguous grace in a montage of different dance style and sweet and shy and vivacious and modern and graceful and awesome . the number lead to an unpretentious bistro and where kelly and his very good friend in paris share a gentle parody of viennese waltz . later kelly celebrate a popular tap dance with a crowd of enthusiastic child sing with him i get rhythm and and at the massive jazz nightclub kelly spot the girl of his dream . he be instantly hit by her sparkling sapphire blue eye and and only one clear thing be in his mind and to pull lize onto the dance floor and sing to her represent it very clear and our love be here to stay . to the joyful tra la la and kelly provide humor and wit and talent all around oscar levant room and and even on the top of his brown piano . when he meet his pretty cinderella along the seine river and kelly be sweep away by his happy meeting with caron . he express all his emotion with our love be here to stay . the piece have a definite nighttime feel a the two lover be bath in soft and blue smoky light . they start an enchanting dance duet juxtapose differ element . caron dance with her head on his shoulder and then try to run away in a fluid way . they move backward and away from each other and then pause to rush toward each other and for a little kiss and and a warm hug . the film weak number be those that bear little relation to the story . in one and georges guetary performs an entertaining stage show with showgirl in giant ornament float down to the stage . in another and oscar levant imago himself conduct a concert and and play not only a piano recital and but the other instrument a well . he even applaud to himself a member of the audience . the extravagant climactic super ballet of the film be quite an adventure and a breakthrough in taste and direction and design . it be a blaze of love and fury and vividness . it be kelly major fantasy of his lose love and of his feel about paris a view through the huge backdrop of some of france most impressionist painter . the number start at the beau art ball after kelly find himself separate from lise and and begin a sketch with a black crayon . it gather the important part of the film story through a constantly change location and all in the style of the painter who have influence jerry . the tour and richly attractive and superbly atmospheric and include the place de la concorde fountain and the madeleine flower market and the place de lopéra and to his rendez vous at montmartre and with the cancan dancer in a representation of lautrec moulin rouge . kelly seem to defy the boundary of his physical self . caron seem to dominate her space and sweep you away to another time and place . nina foch appear very attractive and elegant in her one shouldered white gown . in one of the film most famous line and kelly ask her represent that quite a dress you almost have on . what hold it up . nina and cleverly reply and modesty . an american in paris garner six oscar and include an honorary award to gene kelly . the film give u a wealth of memory to take home .