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The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)

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Loosely based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's Paradise Revisited, MGM's The Last Time I Saw Paris is a star-studded soap opera, luxuriously lensed by director Richard Brooks. In his last film as an MGM contractee, Van Johnson plays reporter Charles Wills, who while covering the VE Day celebrations in Paris, meets and falls in love with the gorgeous Helen Ellsworth (Elizabeth Taylor). Soon afterward, Charles and Helen are married. Charles supports his wife with a low-paying wire service job, devoting

Unrated, 1 hr. 56 min.

Drama, Romance, Classics

Directed By: Richard Brooks (VI) , Richard Brooks I

Written By: Richard Brooks, Julius J. Epstein

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1954 Wide

On DVD: Jul 14, 1998

Scott Entertainment

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor
Helen Ellswirth
Van Johnson
Charles Wills
Walter Pidgeon
James Ellswirth
Donna Reed
Marie Ellswirth
Eva Gabor
Lorraine Quarl
Kurt Kasznar
Maurice
George Dolenz
Claude Matine
Roger Moore
Paul
Sandy Descher
Vicki
Celia Lovsky
Mama
Peter Leeds
Barney
John Doucette
Campbell
Odette
Singer
Ann Codee
Another Nurse
Richard Emory
Gilda Fontana
Flamenco Dance Team
Ed Hinton
Matt Moore
Yevgeny Urbansky
Flamenco Dance Team
Steve Wayne
American Officer
Bruno Ve Sota
Paul Power
Jean Heremans
Leon
Harry Cody
Englishman
Gene Coogan
Gendarme
Loulette Sablon
Nurse
Josette Deegan
Christian Pasques
Boy
Tim Cagney
Jorge Luis Urbina

Critic Reviews for The Last Time I Saw Paris

All Critics (7) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (1) | DVD (1)

This picture tries to please everybody. It won't.

March 23, 2011 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine

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An engrossing romantic drama that tells a good story with fine performances and an overall honesty of dramatic purpose.

April 8, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

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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.

March 25, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

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F. Scott Fitzgerald's tragic love story was brought to the screen with surprising vitality under Brooks' expert hand.

April 8, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Technicolor Parisian travelogue, MGM-style, that barely skims the Fitzgerald source material.

March 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Film Threat

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Phil Hall

Film Threat

An enjoyable (if heavy-handed) melodrama.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Way cheesy, but Widmark and Malden make it watchable.

September 6, 2009

Tim Sigur

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A classic Hollywood tear-jerker. I may have to think again about Elizabeth Taylor's acting. Mostly, she leaves me flat. Being a beautiful child can only last so long. In this one, you can see that Donna Reed is the more subtle actress, the more smooth in her transition between moods -- displaying more ability to

December 24, 2008