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The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
American Technicolor Romantic Drama.
An American journalist returns to Paris – a city that gave him true love and deep grief, to reminisce about the life he led there after it was liberated.
Independent producer Lester Cowan bought F. Scott Fitzgerald’s movie adaptation of his short story “Babylon Revisited”, which the author had re-titled “Cosmopolitan” for the screen, for a bargain price, and hired Fitzgerald’s services as screenwriter.
Cowan was frustrated in his attempts to make the movie, and eventually sold it to MGM, who updated it from the 1920s.
The Last Time I Saw Paris was a hit at the box office, earning MGM a profit of $980,000 according to studio records.
Interesting Trivia:
Final work of screenwriter Philip G. Epstein.
Final theatrical movie at MGM for Van Johnson.
Credited theatrical movie debut of Sir Roger Moore.
| Directed by | Richard Brooks |
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| Screenplay by | Julius J. Epstein Philip G. Epstein Richard Brooks |
| Based on | Babylon Revisited by F. Scott Fitzgerald |
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| Cinematography | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| Edited by | John D. Dunning |
| Music by | Conrad Salinger |
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Production
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Jeffy Productions
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Release date
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Running time
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116 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,960,000 |
| Box office | $4,940,000 |
