![]() ![]() Houston Theater at the Stillwater Community Center Doors will open at 6:30 pm. Reissued in 1996 by Rhino Records in a more expensive (but also even more expanded) edition that effectively supplants this one for the serious listener. The Friends of the Stillwater Community Center and the Stillwater Community Center Foundation invite you to attend the monthly movie series Classic Cinema at the Center in the Winfrey D. Andre Previn's conducting and orchestration also come to life here as never before. A 1958 MGM musical film based on the 1944 novella by French author Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, Gigi was directed by Vincente Minnelli and written by Lerner and Loewe, following their success with My Fair Lady. ![]() The stereo mix matches that of the film and benefits from the remastering, which has cleaned up the sound considerably and given it considerable sweep. This includes the ice waltz at the skating rink and "The Gossips," alternately graceful and witty pieces of music worthy of Franz Lehar or any of the other great composers of light opera. Gigi 1958 G 1 h 55 m IMDb RATING 6.6 /10 23K YOUR RATING Rate Play trailer 3:30 1 Video 86 Photos Comedy Musical Romance Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship which may not stay platonic for long. Thus, there are snatches of dialogue and some sound effects, but the resulting CD also has a larger chunk of the Frederick Loewe music - which is almost more operetta than Hollywood musical - than any other presentation. Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship, but it may not stay platonic for long. Rather than go back to the LP master, which had not quite 35 minutes of music (with many of the songs shortened), the makers went to the finished film audio tracks, as had previously been done with the soundtrack A Star Is Born. Gigi Trailer - Directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold, Eva Gabor. class Parisian 1900s society with the former mistress of his uncle and her outgoing, tomboy granddaughter, Gigi. The first attempt to expand the scope of this legendary soundtrack is one of the better parts of this now-defunct MGM reissue series through Sony Music Special Products. ![]()
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