Les Girls


Les Girls [video art]

Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Screenplay by John Patrick; story by Vera Caspary

A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release
(November 1957; 114 minutes; Color)
Produced by Sol C. Siegel
Associate Producer: Saul Chaplin
Directed by George Cukor
Cinematography by Robert Surtees
Art Directin by William A. Horning and Gene Allen
Set Design by Edwin B. Willis
Costumes by Orry-Kelly
Music Direction by Adolph Deutsch
Choreography by Jack Cole


Les Girls [film poster]

 

Cast

Gene Kelly (Barry Nichols)
Mitzi Gaynor (Joy Henderson)
Kay Kendall (Lady Wren)
Taina Elg (Angele Ducros)
Jacques Bergerac (Pierre Ducros)
Henry Daniell (Judge)
Patrick Macnee (Sir Percy)
Leslie Phillips (Sir Gerald Wren)
Stephen Vercoe (Mr. Outward)



 


Les Girls [sheet music]

 

Musical Numbers

  • "Les Girls" - Kelly, Gaynor, Kendall, and Elg
  • "You're Just Too, Too" - Kelly and Kendall
  • "Ca, C'est L'Amour" - Elg
  • "Ladies-in-Waiting" - Gaynor, Kendall, and Elg
  • "Why Am I So Gone (About That Gal)?" - Kelly



     


Cut Songs

  • "Drinking Song" [unused]
  • "High-Flyin' Wings on My Shoes" [unused]
  • "I Could Kick Myself" [unused]
  • "Is It Joy?" [unused]
  • "My Darling Never is Late" [unused]
  • "My Little Piece o' Pie" [unused]
  • "Per Favore" [unused]
  • "What Fun" [unused]
  • "You're the Prize Guy of Guys" [unused]


Les Girls [film soundtrack LP]

Soundtrack Recording

  • LP, 1957 [MGM E-3590] [Side One of this LP included the five songs from the film.  The following selections were on Side Two: "Rosalie", "Easy to Love", "I Concentrate on You", "True Love", "Love of My Life", and "In the Still of the Night" (sources and performers unknown; probably from various MGM film soundtracks)]
  • Double LP, 1973 [MGM 2-SES-51ST] [The five songs are on Side Four of this compilation that also includes the film soundtracks of Silk Stockings (two sides) and The Barkleys of Broadway (one side)]
  • LP, 197? [MCA MCA-1426] (includes the film soundtrack of Lili)
  • Compact Disc, 1987 [MCA MCAD-6177] (includes the film soundtrack of Silk Stockings)


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