Les Girls

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Les Girls is a 1957 musical comedy film directed by George Cukor, featuring song-and-dance numbers and a Rashomon-style narrative about the romantic entanglements within a touring nightclub act.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
musical comedy film
aspectOf Hollywood Golden Age musicals
award Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color
basedOn story by Vera Caspary
cinematographyBy Robert Surtees
colorProcess Metrocolor
linked to: DeLuxe Color
composer Cole Porter
costumeDesigner Orry-Kelly
countryOfOrigin United States
director George Cukor
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editedBy George Boemler
featuresTheme memory and truth
romantic rivalry
filmingProcess CinemaScope
genre comedy film
musical film
hasGenre musical comedy
hasPart song-and-dance numbers
mainSubject romantic entanglements
touring nightclub act
musicBy Cole Porter
narrativeDevice multiple conflicting testimonies
narrativeStyle Rashomon-style narrative
nominatedFor Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
notableFor Cole Porter songs
Rashomon-style multi-perspective storytelling
originalLanguage English
producedBy Sol C. Siegel
productionCompany MGM
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDate 1957-10-03
releaseYear 1957
runtimeMinutes 114
screenwriter John Patrick
setting nightclub world
touring show
starredActor Gene Kelly
Kay Kendall
Mitzi Gaynor
Taina Elg
timePeriodOfSetting mid-20th century
won Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color

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Jacques Bergerac notableWork Les Girls
Orry-Kelly notableWork Les Girls
Orry-Kelly academyAwardsFor Les Girls
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Mitzi Gaynor notableWork Les Girls
Mitzi Gaynor starredIn Les Girls