Word: renoirs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...name, the ballet is a kaleidoscope of the city's landmarks and moods, shifting with the adventures of the hero in his pursuit of the girl. Dance patterns, costumes and scenery fuse handsomely to paint each scene in the style of a different French artist: Dufy, Utrillo, Renoir, Rousseau, Toulouse-Lautrec...
...American in Paris is a product of many talents and a triumph of teamwork. Actress Caron, a young (19) French ballet dancer discovered by Kelly, combines dancing skill with a fetching simplicity and the plump-cheeked freshness of a Renoir model. The script, by Alan Jay Lerner, bounces wittily along under the direction of Vincente Minnelli. The Gershwin score brims with a dozen of his works, some heard only in snatches, some unfamiliar, ranging from such standards as 'S Wonderful and Embraceable You to Piano Concerto in F, played by Gershwin's leading interpreter, Pianist Oscar Levant...
...River. Director Jean Renoir's sensitive version of Rumer Godden's autobiographical novel about an English girl growing into adolescence beside a holy river in India (TIME, Sept...
Beacon Hill is showing Jean Renoir's The River, a beautiful story of an adolescent girl growing up in India...
...however, will carp about the beauty of Renoir's production. From the very introduction of the credits at the beginning he shows perfect taste. The color photography is excellent; the musical background is oriental and exciting without sounding like Hollywood Baghdad-music; a thousand details contribute to the dominant impression of beauty. For this alone one should sell one's patrimony for a reserved seat at the Beacon Hill. --John R. W. Small...