Written by Colette, Alan Jay LernerDirected by Vincente MinnelliRunning Time: 100 minutes (approx)Production Year: 1958Rating: PG CertificateFilmed in ColourGigi (Leslie Caron) is a foundling who has been raised by two veteran Parisian courtesans Madame Alvarez (Hermione Gingold) Aunt Alicia (Isabel Jeans) to be the mistress of wealthy young Gaston Lachaille (Louis Jourdan). However, when Gaston falls deeply in love with Gigi and asks her to be his wife, the older women are appalled: never has anyone in their family ever stooped to anything so bourgeois as marriage! Weaving in and out of the story is Maurice Chevalier as an aging boulevardier who, years earlier, had been in love with Gingold's character. Chevalier gets most of the best Lerner & Loewe tunes, including Thank Heaven for Little Girls, I'm Glad I'm Not Young Any More, and his matchless duet with Gingold, I Remember it Well. Caron's best number (dubbed by Betty Wand) is The Night They Invented Champagne while Jourdan gets the honor of introducing the title song. Filmed on location in Paris, Gigi won several Oscars, including Best Picture. Cast
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Gigi is a Film programme that first aired in 1958 and has been rated PG. Gigi is a five star programme.
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