Les Girls

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Les Girls

Gene Kelly, Henry Daniell, Jacques Bergerac, Kay Kendall, Leslie Phillips

Never heard of Kay Kendall? Chic, leggy, funny Kay Kendall? Check out Les Girls, one of the best moments for the beautiful British actress (and wife of Rex Harrison), whose promising career ended when...( read more  read more... ) she died two years after this film's 1957 release. A cheeky musical variation on Rashomon, the film gives three flashbacks on the Parisian sojourn of a dance master (Gene Kelly) and his featured artists (Kendall, Tania Elg, Mitzi Gaynor). The film isn't a peak outing for director George Cukor, and the Cole Porter songs are infrequent and not top-drawer. But there's a kooky dance number inspired by motorcycle gangs (Kelly in Wild Ones territory), and Kendall has a long drunk scene that she handles with regal aplomb. A stuffy suitor asks les girls why they spend their youth scurrying around Europe in a dance troupe: "Is having fun so important?" The film answers a resounding "mais oui." -- Robert Horton

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  • sarega
    August 7, 2009
    sarega
    Three dancers claim the affection of a dance master (Gene Kelly). There is the unavoidable taint of sexism in this set up, which I gave some leeway due to the film's vintage, but still.... Les Girls: There is the American (Mitzi Gaynor) who is sweet, the French girl (Taina Elg...( read more)) who is sexy, and the Brit (Kay Kendall) who is unforgettable. Kendall sparkles in her role and rips the rug right out from underneath her competition,( including Kelly), with one drunken trumpet solo. One could question how any sane man could fail to choose Kendall, but the real question is why she would want any man so dim as to even consider choosing anyone else in the first place!
  • dollykiss62
    August 18, 2008
    dollykiss62
    I am in love with this movie, it is so great!
  • hypathio7
    July 3, 2008
    hypathio7
    want to see this because it won best comedy or musical picture at the golden globes
  • saxsilverain
    February 18, 2008
    saxsilverain
    story-wise, i think it was pretty good. musical-wise, i would say it's not as fulfilling as Gene's other movies. all in all, this movie was quite an entertainment, though maybe not to be watched over and over again.
  • hugonar
    November 2, 2007
    hugonar
    Classified as a classic = Interested.
  • heislife7
    August 28, 2007
    heislife7
    This is a great Gene Kelly movie!
  • Venieza
    July 19, 2007
    Venieza
    All CLASSICS are GOOD
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