An engrossing romantic drama that tells a good story with fine performances and an overall honesty of dramatic purpose.
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:5
Rotten:1
Average Rating:6.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald story "Babylon Revisited," this epic romance is a captivating blend of Parisian expatriate high society and the struggles in post-WWII Europe. When war writer and... Based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald story "Babylon Revisited," this epic romance is a captivating blend of Parisian expatriate high society and the struggles in post-WWII Europe. When war writer and veteran Charles Wills (Van Johnson) meets the lovely and restless Helen Ellswirth (Elizabeth Taylor) in Paris after the war, the two strangers instantly fall in love, basking in the glory of a free Paris. Helen and her father, James Ellswirth (Walter Pidgeon), are eccentric American expatriates living life in high style but always on the brink of going broke. Charles is captivated with the Ellswirthses' reckless and fun-loving lifestyle, staying out all night, gambling and living life in the glory of the Left Bank artistic society. Charles and Helen get married and have a family, but life becomes more difficult as they continue on with their free-spirited and reckless adventure. Elizabeth Taylor is glorious as the lovely young ingenue Helen, who loves Charles in spite of herself. Her stunning costumes are shot beautifully, contributing to the glorious style of this beautifully rendered epic. [More]
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Donna Reed
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Donna Reed, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Roger Moore, Kurt Kasznar, George Dolenz
Director: Richard Brooks
Director: Richard Brooks
Producer: Jack Cummings
Screenwriter: Richard Brooks, Julius J. Epstein
Composer: Conrad Salinger
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Reviews for The Last Time I Saw Paris
F. Scott Fitzgerald's tragic love story was brought to the screen with surprising vitality under Brooks' expert hand.
Technicolor Parisian travelogue, MGM-style, that barely skims the Fitzgerald source material.
What is to be said of such a picture? The story is trite. The motivations are thin. The writing is glossy and pedestrian. The acting is pretty much forced.
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