The Last Time I Saw Paris

The Last Time I Saw Paris

Infobox Film
name = The Last Time I Saw Paris


image_size =
caption = Movie poster
director = Richard Brooks
producer = Jack Cummings
writer = F. Scott Fitzgerald (story)
Julius J. Epstein (screenplay)
Philip G. Epstein (screenplay)
Richard Brooks (screenplay)
narrator =
starring = Elizabeth Taylor
Van Johnson
Walter Pidgeon
Donna Reed
music = Conrad Salinger
cinematography = Joseph Ruttenberg
editing = John D. Dunning
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released = November 18 1954
runtime = 116 mins
country = USA
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:28391
imdb_id = 0047162

"The Last Time I Saw Paris" is a 1954 romantic drama made by MGM, loosely based on F. Scott Fitzgerald 's short story "Babylon Revisited". It was directed by Richard Brooks and produced by Jack Cummings. The screenplay was by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Richard Brooks.

The film starred Elizabeth Taylor and Van Johnson, with Walter Pidgeon, Donna Reed, Eva Gabor, Kurt Kasznar, George Dolenz and Roger Moore.

The film's title song "The Last Time I Saw Paris" was composed by Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern and, although the song was not written explicitly for the movie, it was featured prominently throughout the flim and can be heard in many scenes, either being sung or being played as an instrumental.

The film is currently in the public domain.

Plot

After the success of his first book, famous writer returned to Paris and back to his past..... As WWII ended in Europe, journalist Charles Wills was on the street of Paris, covering the city-wide celebration. He was suddenly grabbed by the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen - she kissed him on the lips and disappeared.

Charles followed the crowd to Café Dhingo and met another pretty woman name Marion Elliswirth. The mutual attraction was instant and he was invited to join the party her father was throwing in celebration of the end of the war. Charles, Marion and her persistent French suitor Claude Matine arrived at the Elliswirth household, only to find that the woman who kissed Charles was Marion's younger sister Helen. James Ellswirth came out of WWI alive and promptly joined the drifter generation. Unlike most drifters, he never grew out of it; even went as far as raising his two daughters to desire such lifestyle. Helen took after her father and used her beauty to sustain a life of luxury even though James was flat broke. Marion went the other way and looked for serious-minded and conventional young men such as Claude the aspiring prosecutor and Charles the future novelist. Charles and Helen fell in love and started dating. After Helen recovered from a near-death case of pneumonia they got married and settled in Paris. James had hoped that Helen would marry rich but having taken a liking to Charles, he good-naturedly joined the happy family of Charles, Helen and their daughter Vickie. Marion, having lost Charles to Helen, agreed to marry Claude around the same time.

Charles struggled to make ends meet with his meagre journalist salary, worked on his novels and looked after Vicki; while Helen and Grandpa James partied on. Then one day luck struck. James had bought a few large pieces of land in Texas, convinced that he would become an oil baron. The oil never came and the deeds became a family joke. Always ready with practical jokes, he gave those deeds to Charles as Helen's dowry. Five years later, the joke turned into gold as oil begin to shoot up from these lands non-stop. Charles quit his job and Helen and James began to host parties instead of going to them. The relief of financial strain brought out the irresponsible side of Charles, as he could no longer deal with the disappointment of his manuscripts getting rejected by publishers. And unexpectedly, this brought out the responsible side of Helen. Now it was Helen who wished to stay home, while Charles partied his wealth away. They also each took on other interests: Helen started to flirt with handsome tennis player Paul Lane, Charles asked professional divorcee Lorraine Quarl to join him as he competed in a local Paris-to-Monte Carlo race. After the race Charles returned to Paris to patch things up with Helen, only to find her sitting in Café Dhingo with Paul. A fight broke out between Paul and Charles, an angry Charles went home first and bolted the door. Helen ended up having to walk all way to Marion's place in the snow. She caught pneumonia again and this time she didn't make it. Marion petitioned for and got full custody of Vickie, Charles went back home to Milwaukee to deal with the loss of both his wife and daughter. A few years later, having straightened his life out Charles returned to Paris, hoping his reformation would have softened Marion and give Vickie back to him. Still feeling resentful towards Charles for having fallen for Helen instead of her, Marion refused. Seeing that Charles and Vickie belonged together, Claude finally stepped in and told Marion off. Marion and Claude brought Vickie to Café Dhingo to look for Charles. And in front of a painting of Helen, the family is finally reunited again.

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