Gigi
1958 film by Vincente Minnelli · Released May 15, 1958
Gigi (French pronunciation: [ʒiʒi]) is a 1958 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli and processed using Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Eastmancolor film process Metrocolor. The screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner is based on the 1944 novella by Colette. The film features songs with lyrics by Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, arranged and conducted by André Previn. Costume design was done by Cecil Beaton (hats by Madame Paulette).
Cast ages at release (May 15, 1958)
- Leslie Caron, as Gilberte "Gigi": 26
- Louis Jourdan, as Gaston Lachaille: 36
- Maurice Chevalier, as Honoré Lachaille: 69
- Hermione Gingold, as Madame Alvarez: 60
- Isabel Jeans, as Aunt Alicia: 66
- Jacques Bergerac, as Sandomir: 30
- Eva Gabor, as Liane d'Exelmans: 39
- John Abbott, as Manuel: 52
- Cecil Beaton: 54
- Marie-Hélène Arnaud, as a Maxim's girl: 23