gigi

     

Gigi is a 1944 novel by the French writer Colette about a wealthy culture man of fashion who discovers he is in love with a young Parisian girl being groomed for a career as a grande cocotte and eventually marries her.

Trivia about gigi

  • This Best Picture had the shortest title, using only 2 different letters
  • Based on a Colette tale, this comedy about a 16-year-old girl debuted on Broadway in 1951
  • Maurice Chevalier sang "Thank Heaven For Little Girls" in this film; I remember it well...
  • Lerner & Loewe wrote "The Night They Invented Champagne" for this movie musical set in Gay Paree
  • Maurice Chevalier introduced the song "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" in this movie musical
  • Audrey Hepburn, not Leslie Caron, was the 1st to play this Colette heroine on Broadway
  • This Colette heroine is the granddaughter of a courtesan, who trains her to continue the family tradition
  • Anita Loos wrote the non-musical stage adaptation of this Colette novel
  • Colette's courtesan-in-training(4)
  • "That carriage ride--You walked me home--You lost a glove--I lost a comb"
  • Leslie Caron is the waif who captures Louis Jourdan's heart in this 1958 classic
  • 1958: Leslie Caron played this Parisian gal

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