April in Paris (film)

April in Paris

Title card from the trailer
Directed by David Butler
Produced by William Jacobs
Written by Jack Rose
Starring Doris Day
Ray Bolger
Claude Dauphin
Eve Miller
George Givot
Paul Harvey
Music by Vernon Duke
LeRoy Prinz
Cinematography Wilfred M. Cline
Edited by Irene Morra
Distributed by Warner Brothers
Release dates
  • December 24, 1952 (1952-12-24)
Running time
94 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $2.75 million (US)[1]

April in Paris is a 1952 musical film starring Doris Day and Ray Bolger. It was directed by David Butler.

Synopsis

Winthrop Putnam is the Assistant Secretary to the Assistant to the Undersecretary of State, and was formerly Assistant Assistant Secretary to the Assistant to the Undersecretary of State. He sends an invitation to Ethel Barrymore to represent the American theatre at an art exposition in Paris. Instead, the invitation is received and accepted by Ethel "Dynamite" Jackson, an All-American Broadway chorus girl. Ethel and Winthrop meet on the way to Paris and fall in love. However, Winthrop is engaged to Marcia Sherman, daughter of his boss Secretary Robert Sherman. After a misunderstanding, Winthrop and Ethel ultimately end up together.

Songs

Cast

Actor Character
Doris Day Ethel S. "Dynamite" Jackson
Ray Bolger S. Winthrop Putnam
Claude Dauphin Philippe Fouquet
Eve Miller Marcia Sherman
George Givot François
Paul Harvey Secretary Robert Sherman
Herbert Farjeon Joshua Stevens
Wilson Millar Sinclair Wilson
Joseph Welmar Raymond Largay
John Alvin Tracy
Jack Lomas Cab Driver

References

  1. 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954

External links

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