Movie #334 "April in Paris" --- it has Doris Day, Ray Bolger (Scarecrow in Wizard of Oz) , and Paris is in the title, so I thought, what the heck -- I had never seen it, so it should be fun, right? Not really. The Musical numbers are fun, but it all takes place on a ship --- you never do see Paris --- oh,a picture of the Eiffel Tower is on a backdrop for the last song, but that's it! And as for the storyline, it's very weak --- a good 20 minutes of film time is spent trying to keep two people who think they are married from spending the night together because they really aren't married (broken beds, doors that myseriously open and shut, etc.)--- hey, it's a 50s movie! What else would be on their minds? I don't recommend this one. See any of the other wonderful Doris Day movies like Pillow Talk or Lover Come Back or Please Don't Eat the Daisies and skip this one!
You rated this movie: 3.0
April in Paris
(1952) NR
In search of an emissary to represent the American theater at an arts expo in Paris, a State Department bureaucrat (Ray Bolger) invites Ethel Barrymore to appear -- too bad her invitation is sent to chorus girl Ethel "Dynamite" Jackson (Doris Day) instead! Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, Miss Jackson hightails it to Paris -- with the bureaucrat in pursuit. A plethora of song-and-dance numbers ensues in this Sammy Cahn-scored musical.
Genre:Classic Movie Musicals, Classic Comedies, Musicals
This movie is:Feel-good, Romantic
Format:DVD and streaming
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