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Les Girls | 
| Director: George Cukor
Actors: Richard Alexander, Jacques Bergerac, Lilyan Chauvin, Adrienne D'ambricourt, Henry Daniell
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 12869
Format: Dolby, Dubbed, Ntsc, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D65709D
ISBN: 0790774801
UPC: 012569570924
EAN: 9780790774800
ASIN: B00008AOWL
Theatrical Release Date: November 6, 1954
Release Date: April 22, 2003
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Never heard of Kay Kendall? Chic, leggy, funny Kay Kendall? Check out Les Girls, one of the best moments for the beautiful British actress (and wife of Rex Harrison), whose promising career ended when she died two years after this film's 1957 release. A cheeky musical variation on Rashomon, the film gives three flashbacks on the Parisian sojourn of a dance master (Gene Kelly) and his featured artists (Kendall, Tania Elg, Mitzi Gaynor). The film isn't a peak outing for director George Cukor, and the Cole Porter songs are infrequent and not top-drawer. But there's a kooky dance number inspired by motorcycle gangs (Kelly in Wild Ones territory), and Kendall has a long drunk scene that she handles with regal aplomb. A stuffy suitor asks les girls why they spend their youth scurrying around Europe in a dance troupe: "Is having fun so important?" The film answers a resounding "mais oui." -- Robert Horton
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 Ding-ding-ding-ding.... July 8, 2004
Chris Aldridge (Washington, DC USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The whole production is a beautiful enigma. On the one hand, it has Gene Kelly and George Cukor and the smart, smooth music of Cole Porter. But the stucture of the plot seems to be a bit bumpy, and most of this bumpiness seems to stem from the RASHOMON-like tale starting, stopping, and starting again over two hours. A lot of people seem to think that the Porter score was sub-par; I wholeheartedly disagree. An especially beautiful sequence is a rowboat scene between Kelly and Taina Elg which segues into the love song "Ca C'est L'amour." Also clever are the burlesque turn of "Ladies In Waiting" and the vaudeville-like "You're Just Too, Too" which pairs Kelly with the rapturous Kay Kendall. Kendall is, in many ways, the real star of LG with her deft comedy and her cool, elegant beauty. Knowing that she died shortly after completing this film (and so young) makes the experience all the more distraught. Still, Mitzi Gaynor is a dish (especially when dancing with Kelly in a sexy black dress) and Kendall is a comic revealation (drunkenly singing opera for five straight minutes!) Thank goodnes it's on widescreen DVD where it belongs.
 Is this a musical? May 22, 2004
omicron
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
I recorded this off TCM, hoping to see Mitzi Gaynor in something better than "South Pacific." I knew it wasn't going to work out when I saw that it was directed by George Cukor, the infamous director of "Let's Make Love" and other disasters. After getting treated to some glitzy opening titles you get plunged into a mind-blowingly tedious scene in an English courtroom; after that there was some nonsense in Paris I couldn't be bothered to pay attention to. At this point I was too demoralized to even scan through the movie to look for the song-and-dance numbers (if there are any) and deleted it.
 Very enjoyable! April 16, 2004
I showed this to my middle school dance class and they loved it. I did too! If you love musicals from this era, it's a must-see!
'SWONDERFUL, 'SFABULOUS, 'STO BE SEEN OFTEN! June 12, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Rarely seen - but retored to TOTAL fabulousness on this PRISTINE DVD ~ THIS IS A MUST-SEE! ESPECIALLY, if you have never heard of the much, much lamented and sadly missed KAY KENDALL ~ what a fabulous performance! Miss Kendall is funny, witty, charming and she sings too! As for 'that' drunk scene ! AND - yes, in one or another way it IS a musical version of 'Rashomon ' seen through various bejewelled eyes and gloves! Dance numbers? Different and timeless. Sound? Great restoration by the experts. AND the rest of the ladies? TANIA ELG, and MITZI GAYNOR [STILL 'HERE']form just a perfect trio with Miss Kendall. {Tania's audition is quite a hoot - as is the rather avant-garde Mitze Gaynor 'Wild Ones' [cycle gang] dance number with Icon Gene Kelly}. Mr. Kelly is a smart, sexy, seductive and utterly brilliant leading man ~ a gracious legacy! You cannot fail, but to be yanked out of the blues with this one!
Reasonably Good April 24, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Though this is not one of Gene Kelly's best movies, it certianly is quite good. The dance numbers aren't that great, even though they are well done. The exception is "Why Am I So Gone About That Gal?", which is both beautiful and red hot! The plot is a bit complicated, but it is very compelling. A must see for any Gene Kelly fan.
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