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2.0étoiles sur 5
This film is a cure for insomniacs., Mai 7 2004
Ray Bolger works in a very small office. Somehow the invitation meant for celebrity, Ethel Barrymore gets sent to a blonde chorus girl in New York (played by Doris Day). So Ray Bolger must fly to New York as quickly as possible to straighten out this mess. Doris truly believes that as the letter states, the government wants her to represent the American theater at an Arts exposition in Paris, France. Well, Bolger goes to New York and tells her the foul-up. Disappointing indeed. But Wait! This is a Doris Day movie and something good is bound to happen. Doris Day movies always have a happy ending.
This film is a cure for insomniacs. Fluff up your pillow. You will get tired.
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5.0étoiles sur 5
April In Paris is Very Cool, Avril 28 2004
April In Paris was put out in 1952 and was rated one of the top grossing films of the year!The reason is not strange either. Doris Day and Ray BOlger play to people who fall in love with each other. Doris is Dynamite Jackson and Ray Bolger is a stuff guy! They all have a lot of fun together and get married. Ray hires Doris to represent the USA at a Music Program thinking that she is the all time famous Ethel Jackson but when he meets her he finds out he is wrong! He throws her out but is then told by his soon to be father-in law that she was a regular Saloon Girl and he says that is the best thing for us to do ! Get that girl! So Ray gets her and they go to Paris catch Doris singing the classic song "Were Going To Ring The bells Tonight" this movie is full of great songs and funny lines! I highly suggest this to anybody who wants to watch a funny movie!
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4.0étoiles sur 5
A slightly Drizzly "APRIL", Sep 3 2003
When it was released in 1952, "April in Paris" proved to be another box-office winner for star Doris Day. She was the reigning box-office "Queen" in the world and this film further solidified her ranking with the public.
The main reason to see this film is Doris Day and in every scene in which she appears you watch her and only her - the true sign of a Star of the first magnitude. In scenes in which she doesn't appear, you eagerly await her return.
Miss Day's co-star is Ray Bolger, hot off a tremendous Broadway success in "Where's Charley". The nimble and long-legged dancer had been a favorite for nearly two decades, being especially fondly remembered for his 1939 turn as the Scarecrow in the classic, "The Wizard of Oz". Unfortunately, he and Miss Day has virtually no on-screen chemistry and their dancing styles don't especially mesh either. They move nicely together in several numbers but there is none of the on-screen magic that Miss Day and Gene Nelson displayed in their dancing numbers together previously.
Doris Day plays "Dynamite" Jackson, a performer who is brassy and a bit loud. It is somewhat reminiscent of Miss Day's debut role as Georgia in "Romance on The High Seas". She is a delight, getting full opportunity to display her incredible comic timing and skill which even then was well ahead of any other actress making films. She is also vulnerable and endearing and renders the title tune better than it has ever been rendered, before or since. She looks like a dream in lush technicolor and sings the film's other songs in her inimitable voice. Especially lovely is "I Know a Place" and she nearly stops the show with the rollicking "I'm Gonna Ring the Bell Tonight" which also lets her have full rein with some zesty dance steps.
Ray Bolger reminds one of Icahbod Crane, with his lanky frame and gawky way of performing. He's enjoyable and gets to show his talents in several scenes but again, the lack of chemistry between him and Miss Day makes some of their scenes together a bit awkward.
The plot line, condensed, is that Miss Day is accidently sent to Paris to represent the USA Theatre. The invite should have gone to Ethel Barrymore. Bolger works for the US Government and must go attempt to clear up the mistake.
The rest of the cast are pleasant and Claude Dauphin lends a "Chevalier-esque" touch to the proceedings.
Warner Brothers has dressed up the film with some nice production values that make the time pass tunefully and pleasingly.
One wishes that Miss Day had been able to venture over to the MGM lot around this time, when musicals were still making quite a splash. That pairing in the early 50's might have resulted in a string of additional classics to add to Miss Day and Leo the Lion's long list.
However, there are few moments sweeter than Doris singing the title song, and while possibly not transporting the listener to Paris, she takes us instead to that lovely, peaceful and serene place that only this superstar can take us by the sheer magic of her being.
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