The Last Time I Saw Paris
The Last Time I Saw Paris is a 1954 Technicolor romantic drama made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is loosely based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story "Babylon Revisited." It was directed by Richard Brooks, produced by Jack Cummings and filmed on locations in Paris and the MGM backlot. The screenplay was by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Richard Brooks.
Plot
As World War II ends in Europe, Stars and Stripes journalist Charles Wills is on the streets of Paris, covering the celebrations. He suddenly is grabbed by a beautiful woman, who kisses him and disappears. Charles follows the crowd to Café Dhingo and meets another pretty woman named Marion Ellswirth. The mutual attraction is instant, and she invites him to join her father's celebration of the end of the war in Europe. Charles, Marion and her persistent French suitor Claude Matine arrive at the Ellswirth household, and we find that the woman who had kissed Charles is Marion's younger sister Helen.
More details
| author | Julius J. Epstein Philip G. Epstein Richard Brooks |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Paris |
| director | Richard Brooks |
| editor | John Dunning |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | beautiful woman date dowry end lost generation married monte carlo oil field paint pneumonia pretty woman reject stars and stripes sudden wealth tennis player want war in europe world war ii |
| musicBy | Conrad Salinger |
| productionCompany | Jeffy Productions |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| recordedAt | Monaco |
| theme | romantic drama |