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Title

• Gigi

Summary

• A young French girl is being groomed by her grandmother and great aunt to be a successful courtesan, but instead falls in love and blossoms into a lady.

Names

• Minnelli, Vincente, direction.
• Freed, Arthur, 1894-1973, production.
• Lerner, Alan Jay, 1918-1986, writing, music.
• Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988, music.
• Caron, Leslie, cast.
• Chevalier, Maurice, 1888-1972, cast.
• Jourdan, Louis, cast.
• Gingold, Hermione, 1897-1987, cast.
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
• Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)
• Turner Entertainment Co. Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• United States : Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, 1958.

Headings

• -  Paris (France)--Social life and customs--19th century--Drama

Genre

• Musical films
• Feature films
• Fiction films

Notes

• -  LP10640 U.S. Copyright Office
• -  Copyright: Loew's, Inc. & Arthur Freed Productions, Inc.; 5May58; LP10640.
• -  Photography, Joseph Ruttenberg ; lyrics, Alan Jay Lerner ; music, Frederick Loewe ; costumes, scenery and production design by Cecil Beaton.
• -  Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold, Eva Gabor, Jacques Bergerac, Isabel Jeans, John Abbott.
• -  Originally released in Metrocolor and CinemaScope.
• -  Based on the novel by Colette and the stage musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe.
• -  LC also holds a videodisc viewing copy of this title in the LC Purchase Collection.
• -  Filmed on location in Paris.
• -  Theatrical projection print (copy 2) was acquired for LC's National Film Preservation Tour, featuring titles from the National Film Registry.
• -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
• -  Not viewed.
• -  Sources used: Harvey, Directed by Vincente Minnelli, p. 307-308; Monthly film bulletin, March 1959, p. 28; M/B/RS preliminary cataloging card.
• -  Received: 9/25/1959; viewing print; copyright deposit; Copyright Collection.
• -  Received: 9/1992; theatrical projection print, copy 1; gift; Turner Entertainment Co. Collection.
• -  Received: 9/19/1995; theatrical projection print, copy 2; gift; Turner Entertainment Co. Collection.
• -  Received: 9/1992; master pos pic; deposit; Turner Entertainment Co. Collection.
• -  Received: 4/1993; mag track; deposit; Turner Entertainment Co. Collection.
• -  Color separation checked by leader only. Quality control by M/B/RS Curatorial staff.

Medium

• 15 film reels of 15 (ca. 116 min., ca. 10,440 ft.) : sd., col. ; 35 mm. viewing print.
• 15 film reels of 15 on 8 (ca. 116 min., ca. 10,440 ft.) : anamorphic, sd., col. ; 35 mm. theatrical projection print.
• 15 film reels of 15 on 8 (ca. 116 min., ca. 10,440 ft.) : anamorphic, sd., col. ; 35 mm. theatrical projection print (copy 2)
• 15 film reels of 15 (ca. 116 min., ca. 10,440 ft.) : si., red ; 35 mm. master pos pic.
• 15 film reels of 15 (ca. 116 min., ca. 10,440 ft.) : si., green ; 35 mm. master pos pic.
• 15 film reels of 15 (ca. 116 min., ca.10,440 ft.) : si., blue ; 35 mm. master pos pic.
• 15 film reels of 15 on 8 (ca.116 min., ca.10,440 ft.) : sd. ; 35 mm. mag track.

Call Number/Physical Location

• FGA 4287-4301 (viewing print)
• CQA 0571-0578 (theatrical projection print)
• CQA 1815-1822 (theatrical projection print, copy 2)
• CPA 0385-0399 (red)
• CPA 0400-0414 (green)
• CPA 0415-0429 (yellow)
• CQA 0591-0598 (mag track)

Library of Congress Control Number

• 92522684

Online Format

• web page
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/92522684

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