April in Paris (film)

April in Paris
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	David Butler
Written by	Jack Rose Melville Shavelson
Produced by	William Jacobs
Starring	Doris Day Ray Bolger Claude Dauphin
Cinematography	Wilfred M. Cline
Edited by	Irene Morra
Music by	Vernon Duke LeRoy Prinz
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	December 24, 1952 (1952-12-24)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2.75 million (US)[1]

Title card from the trailer of April in Paris

April in Paris is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy film starring Doris Day and Ray Bolger, and directed by David Butler.

Plot

Winthrop Putnam is the Assistant Secretary to the Assistant to the Undersecretary of State, and was formerly Assistant Assistant Secretary to the Assistant to the Undersecretary of State. Winthrop tells a Frenchman, Philippe Farquotte,^{[clarification needed]} but Philippe is not allowed any help from his friends to get back home to Paris. Philippe ends up becoming an employee aboard a ship. Winthrop jumps on board to give Ethel Barrymore unhappy information about her representing the American theatre at an art exposition in Paris. Instead, in a case of mistaken identity, the invitation is delivered to Ethel "Dynamite" Jackson, an All-American Broadway chorus girl. Ethel and Winthrop meet on the way to Paris and fall in love. However, Winthrop is engaged to Marcia Sherman, daughter of his boss Secretary Robert Sherman. After a misunderstanding, Winthrop and Ethel ultimately end up together.

Cast

• Doris Day as Ethel S. "Dynamite" Jackson
• Ray Bolger as S. Winthrop Putnam
• Claude Dauphin as Philippe Fouquet
• Eve Miller as Marcia Sherman
• George Givot as François
• Paul Harvey as Secretary Robert Sherman
• Herbert Farjeon as Joshua Stevens
• Wilson Millar as Sinclair Wilson
• Raymond Largay as Joseph Welmar
• John Alvin as Tracy
• Jack Lomas as cab driver
• Jarma Lewis as Chorine

Songs

• "April in Paris" – Yip Harburg
  • This song was first a hit in 1932, composed by Vernon Duke and written by Harburg.
• "It Must Be Good" – Doris Day
• "I'm Gonna Ring the Bell Tonight" – Doris Day and Ray Bolger
• "That's What Makes Paris Paree" – Doris Day and Claude Dauphin
• "Give Me Your Lips" – Claude Dauphin
• "I Ask You" – Doris Day, Ray Bolger, and Claude Dauphin
• "The Place You Hold in My Heart (I Know a Place)" – Doris Day
• "Auprès de ma blonde" – Claude Dauphin

References

1. "The Top Box Office Hits of 1953". Variety. January 13, 1954.

External links

• April in Paris at IMDb 
• April in Paris at Rotten Tomatoes
• April in Paris at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• April in Paris at the TCM Movie Database