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

"April in Paris" - Yip Harburg
- This song was first a hit in 1932, composed by Vernon Duke and written by Harburg.
"It Must Be Good" - Doris Day
"I'm Gonna Ring the Bell Tonight" - Doris Day
"That's What Makes Paris Paree" - Doris Day
"I'm Going to Rock the Boat" - Doris Day
"Give Me Your Lips" - Claude Dauphin
"I Ask You" - Doris Day and Ray Bolger
"The Place You Hold in My Heart" - Doris Day and Ray Bolger
"I Know a Place" - Doris Day and Ray Bolger
"Auprès de ma blonde" - Doris Day and Claude Dauphin

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

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

External links

April in Paris at the Internet Movie Database
April in Paris at AllMovie
April in Paris at the TCM Movie Database
April in Paris at Rotten Tomatoes

Films directed by David Butler

Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (1929)
Chasing Through Europe (1929)
High Society Blues (1930)
Just Imagine (1930)
A Connecticut Yankee (1931)
Delicious (1931)
Business and Pleasure (1932)
Hold Me Tight (1933)
My Weakness (1933)
Bottoms Up (1934)
Handy Andy (1934)
Have a Heart (1934)
Bright Eyes (1934)
The Little Colonel (1935)
Doubting Thomas (1935)
The Littlest Rebel (1935)
Captain January (1936)
White Fang (1936)
Pigskin Parade (1936)
Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
You're a Sweetheart (1937)
Kentucky Moonshine (1938)
Straight, Place and Show (1938)
Kentucky (1938)
East Side of Heaven (1939)
That's Right You're Wrong (1939)
If I Had My Way (1940)
You'll Find Out (1940)
Caught in the Draft (1941)
Playmates (1941)
Road to Morocco (1942)
They Got Me Covered (1943)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Shine On, Harvest Moon (1944)
The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
San Antonio (1945)
Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946)
The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946)
My Wild Irish Rose (1947)
Two Guys from Texas (1948)
John Loves Mary (1949)
Look for the Silver Lining (1949)
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
The Story of Seabiscuit (1949)
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950)
Tea for Two (1950)
Lullaby of Broadway (1951)
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951)
Where's Charley? (1952)
April in Paris (1952)
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
Calamity Jane (1953)
The Command (1954)
King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
Jump into Hell (1955)
Glory (1956)
The Girl He Left Behind (1956)
The Right Approach (1961)
C'mon, Let's Live a Little (1967)

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