Gigi is a 1949 French

Cinema of France

The Cinema of France comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad.France is the birthplace of cinema and was responsible for many of its early significant contributions. Several important cinematic movements, including the Nouvelle...

 comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 directed by Jacqueline Audry

Jacqueline Audry

Jacqueline Audry was a French film director who started making films in post-World War II France and specialised in literary adaptations. She was the first commercially successful woman director of post-war France....

 and starring Gaby Morlay

Gaby Morlay

Gaby Morlay was a French film actress. She played Queen Victoria in the 1939 historical film Entente cordiale.-Selected filmography:* When Love Is Over * Le Scandale * Nuits de feu...

, Jean Tissier and Yvonne de Bray

Yvonne de Bray

Yvonne de Bray was a French stage and film actress. She was born Yvonne Laurence Blanche de Bray in Paris and died there.-Selected filmography:1952 – We Are All Murderers1950 – Olivia1949 – Gigi...

. A young woman is manoeuvered into an arranged marriage with an older man, by her scheming aunt. It was based on the novella Gigi

Gigi

Gigi is a 1944 novella by French writer Colette. The plot focuses on a young Parisian girl being groomed for a career as a courtesan and her relationship with the wealthy cultured man named Gaston who falls in love with her and eventually marries her....

written by Colette

Colette

Colette was the surname of the French novelist and performer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette . She is best known for her novel Gigi, upon which Lerner and Loewe based the stage and film musical comedies of the same title.-Early life and marriage:Colette was born to retired military officer Jules-Joseph...

.

A more well-known version of the Gigi

Gigi (1958 film)

Gigi is a 1958 musical film directed by Vincente Minnelli. The screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner is based on the 1944 novella of the same name by Colette...

 story, starring Leslie Caron

Leslie Caron

Leslie Claire Margaret Caron is a French film actress and dancer, who appeared in 45 films between 1951 and 2003. In 2006, her performance in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit won her an Emmy for guest actress in a drama series...

, was filmed in 1958. The 1949 film is included as an extra on the 2008 2-disc DVD

DVD

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 and 2009 Blu-ray Disc

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 versions of the 1958 film.

Cast

• Gaby Morlay
  Gaby Morlay
  Gaby Morlay was a French film actress. She played Queen Victoria in the 1939 historical film Entente cordiale.-Selected filmography:* When Love Is Over * Le Scandale * Nuits de feu...
  
   ... Tante Alicia
• Danièle Delorme
  Danièle Delorme
  Danièle Delorme is an French actress and film producer....
  
   ... Gilberte dite 'Gigi'
• Jean Tissier ... Honoré
• Yvonne de Bray
  Yvonne de Bray
  Yvonne de Bray was a French stage and film actress. She was born Yvonne Laurence Blanche de Bray in Paris and died there.-Selected filmography:1952 – We Are All Murderers1950 – Olivia1949 – Gigi...
  
   ... Mamita
• Franck Villard ... Gaston
• Paul Demange
  Paul Demange
  Paul Demange was a Minister of State for Monaco. He served between 1966 and 1969. He was born in 1906 and died in 1970. -References:...
  
   ... Emmanuel
• Madeleine Rousset ... Liane d'Exelmans
• Pierre Juvenet ... Monsieur Lachaille
• Michel Flamme ... Sandomir
• Colette Georges ... Minouche
• Yolande Laffon ... Madame Lachaille
• Hélène Pépée ... Andrée