''So This Is Paris'' is a 1954 American

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film directed by

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. It stars

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(in his only film musical) and

Gloria DeHaven Gloria Mildred DeHaven (July 23, 1925 – July 30, 2016) was an American actress and singer who was a contract star for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Early life DeHaven was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of actor-director Carter De ...

Plot

Joe, Al and Davy are in Paris, three sailors on a furlough. They see the sights, but have their sights set on getting to know three girls, including Colette d'Avril, a

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, and Suzzane Sorrel, who has just had her purse snatched. Each is in for a surprise. Joe finds out that Colette is Janie Mitchell, a girl from

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. She also is raising several orphans at home with financial aid from a male benefactor. Al, meanwhile, learns that Suzzane is a high-society lady who lives in a mansion. Complications occur when Suzzane makes a play for Joe, giving him a kiss that is photographed and appears in the next day's newspapers. Janie is not happy about that, but is grateful when the sailors organize a fund-raiser for the kids after her benefactor's death. All the boys need to get back to their ship, but promise they will be back.

Cast

as Joe Maxwell *

as Colette d'Avril / Jane Mitchell *

Gene Nelson Gene Nelson (born Leander Eugene Berg; March 24, 1920 – September 16, 1996) was an American actor, dancer, screenwriter, and director. Biography Nelson was born Eugene Leander Berg in Seattle, Washington. By 1924, he and his parents mov ...

as Al Howard *

Corinne Calvet Corinne Calvet (April 30, 1925 – June 23, 2001), born Corinne Dibos, was a French actress who appeared mostly in American films. According to one obituary, she was promoted "as a combination of Marlene Dietrich and Rita Hayworth", but he ...

as Suzzane Sorrel *

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as Davy Jones *

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as Yvonne * Ann Codee as Grand'mere Marie * Roger Etienne as Pierre Deshons *

Myrna Hansen Myrna Hansen (born August 5, 1934) is an American actress, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1953. Education Hansen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Hansen. She graduated from Carl Schurz High School in Chicago, ...

as Ingrid *

Allison Hayes Allison Hayes (born Mary Jane Hayes; March 6, 1930 – February 27, 1977) was an American film and television actress and model. Early life Allison Hayes was born to William E. Hayes and Charlotte Gibson Hayes in Charleston, West Virginia. She ...

as Carmen *

Christiane Martel Christiane Martel (born Christiane Magnani on 18 January 1935) is a French and Mexican actress, model and beauty queen. She became the second woman to win the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Miss Universe 1953, 1953. She was the only French wom ...

as Christiane * Regina Dombek as Miss Photo Flash *

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as Albert, butler * Pat Horn as dancer * Michelle Ducasse as Simone * Maithe Iragui as Cecile * Lucien Plauzoles as Eugene * Numa Lapeyre as Charlot * Lizette Guy as Jeannine

References

External links

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