‘An American in Paris’ by Vincente Minnelli, was a 1951 movie that won the Best Picture category at the Academy Awards. It was the second colour film to win the Best Picture Oscar, after ‘Gone with the Wind’.
The 1950s represented a transition period for major Hollywood films, with about half of the Academy Awards victors of the decade being in technicolour, and the other half in black and white.
‘An American in Paris’ is more about mood, dancing, and singing, than it is about plot and character. It was also the third musical to win Best Picture.
The film was also the first to win a Golden Globe award for Best Motion Picture (comedy or musical) – a newly-created category – in the 1952 awards ceremony.
‘An American in Paris’ won six Academy Awards – Best Picture, Best Story and Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and Best Costume Design. ‘An American in Paris’ was an enormous success.
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