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Tragedy strikes an American WWII veteran with literary ambitions who falls in love in Paris.
It's a post-World War II Paris filled with divorce, domestic quarrels, jaded lives, ruined marriages and disillusioned people. The sumptuous drama has a gorgeous as usual Taylor playing Johnson's true love.
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Based on Babylon revisited by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
In "The last time I saw Paris" a writer recalls his romance with a wealthy American girl in Paris, and how he lost her. Life with Father: Adaptation of Clarence Day's humorous autobiographical account of family life with his strong-minded father in the late 1800s.
A writer recalls his romance with a wealthy American girl in Paris.
A writer reminisces about his love affair in Paris after World War II with a wealthy American girl.
In post-World War II Paris filled with divorce, domestic quarrels, jaded lives, ruined marriages and disillusioned people.
The last time I saw Paris Charade
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"[T]his romantic drama is set during post-WWII high society Paris. Writer and war veteran Charles Wills ... returns to the Left Bank to reminisce about his life after the liberation of the City of Lights. There he meets wealthy American eccentric James Ellswirth ... and his daughters, Marion ... and the beautiful but frivolous Helen ... Although Marion loves Charles, he marries Helen instead, and the two begin a family. Their happiness soon spirals into tragedy when Charles gives up writing but they continue to squander money recklessly on their fun-loving lifestyle"--Container.
A tragic love story, set after World War II, about the relationship between an expatriate US writer with a drinking problem, (Van Johnson), and a beautiful and wealthy socialite, (Elizabeth Taylor).
The last time I saw Paris : "Set in Paris during post WWII, a couple triumph the ups and downs of a relationship as the husband...leads a path of self destructiveness after his first novel did not reward him with the recognition he desired. Loosely based on a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald called 'Paradise Revisited'."--Container.
This romantic drama is set during post-WWII high society Paris. Writer and war veteran Charles Wills returns to the Left Bank to reminisce about his life after the liberation of the City of Lights. There he meets wealthy American eccentric James Ellswirth and his daughters, Marian and the beautiful but frivolous Helen. Although Marion loves Charles, he marries Helen instead, and the two begin a family. Their happiness soon spirals into tragedy when Charles gives up writing but they continue to squander money recklessly on their fun-loving lifestyle.
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The Last time I saw Paris
M-G-M threw all their tremendous assets behind this tale of love, romance and jealousy in Post-War France. Shot on location in Paris, Liz sparkles as a free-spirit who falls for Johnson, a reporter she meets on the chaotic night of the Allied liberation. Their marriage is less than idyllic, and though they are very much in love, the pairing results in tragedy. -- Container.
This F. Scott Fiztzgerald tragic love story is brought to the screen in a dazzling fashion under the expert direction of Richard Brooks.While Fitzgeralds story is set in the 1920s, the film version begins in WW2. Johnson is a GI whose ambition is to write a famous book. He goes ot Paris, meets the beautiful and wealthy Taylor. They fall in love and he settles down there attempting to write his novel.
Set in post World War II. American military reporter Charles Wills falls in love and marries the gorgeous Helen Elsworth. He supports her with a low paying job, devoting his evenings to writing a novel. After numerous rejections, he gives up writing, quits his job and lives on investments. The marriage falters when he enters into self-destructive behaviour that is halted by a devastating tragedy.
It's post-World War II Paris filled with divorce, domestic quarrels, jaded lives, ruined marriages and disillusioned people.
The last time I saw Paris (1954): A writer recalls his romance with a wealthy American girl in Paris, and how he lost her ; Royal wedding (1951): A musical set during Princess Elizabeth's wedding to Philip Mountbatten. A brother-sister dance team go to London and get caught up in romance ; The great Dan Patch (1949): The owner od Dan Patch survives an unhappy marriage to find happiness with his trainer's daughter.
Set in gay post-war Paris, the story follows the romance between a young army writer and a fun-loving socialite.
F. Scott Fitzgerald's update of Babylon Revisited portrays an American World War II veteran and writer reminiscing about his struggle, love, tragedy and success in the post-war City of Light.
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In the days following World War II, Charles Wills (Van Johnson) meets Helen (Elizabeth Taylor) and her sister Marion (Donna Reed) in the newly liberated Paris. He marries Helen, much to Marion's dismay, but their life together is marred by Charles' lack of success as an author. When it all becomes too much, Charles leaves his wife and daughter to return to America. Years later, he wonders if he made the right decision ...
Set in post World War II, American military reporter Charles Wills (Johnson) falls in love and marries the gorgeous Helen Elsworth (Taylor). He supports her with a low paying job, devoting his evenings to writing a novel. After numerous rejections, he gives up writing, quits his job and lives on investments. The marriage falters when he enters into self-destructive behavior that is halted by a devastating tragedy.
The portrayal of "an American World War II veteran and writer reminiscing about his struggle, love, tragedy and success of in post-war Paris."--Container.
Charade: "Reggie Lambert returns to her home in Paris after a vacation in the French Alps only to find that her husband has been murdered! Reggie discovers that her husband had many secret identities. With the help of Peter and the CIA, Reggie unravels the truth about her husband's death. As the mystery is being solved, a flame ignites between Reggie and Peter"--Container.
After an absence of two years, Charles Wills returns to his favorite bar and reminisces about his love affair with Helen Ellswirth at the end of World War II. Charles was an army Lieutenant writing for Stars and Stripes at the time and she the daughter of a one-time rich man who has always lived a life of luxury. They are a study in contrasts - he is level-headed and serious while she is fun loving and carefree - but they eventually marry and Charles continues as a civilian reporter while writing the great American novel. His lack of success as a writer weighs heavily on him but but his fun-loving wife parties on. As time goes by they have a daughter but it doesn't change Helen's lifestyle. Growing ever more frustrated with his inability to get published, Charles also begins to drink heavily and he and Helen quickly grow apart. Following a tragedy, Charlie leaves but is now back in Paris not knowing what the future may hold.
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Love affair The last time I saw Paris
A successful writer reminisces about his love affair with a wealthy American girl in Paris.
Elizabeth Taylor
A writer looks back on an old romance in Paris with a lonely, rich American young woman.
Father's little dividend: In this sequel to Father of the bride, Stanley Banks thinks his life is getting back to normal after his daughter's wedding, only to find everything turned on its head when he learns he is going to become a grandfather.
Charade: "Reggie Lambert returns to her home in Paris after a vacation in the French Alps only to find that her husband has been murdered! Reggie discovers that her husband had many secret identities. With the help of Peter...and the CIA, Reggie unravels the truth about her husband [i.e. husband's] death. As the mystery is being solved, a flame ignites between Reggie and Peter."--Container.
Charade
Tells the story of a writer who returns to Paris and remembers the life he once led in the City of Lights. During the Liberation of Paris, at the close of World War II, he meets and falls in love with a beautiful rich girl. They marry and have a lovely daughter together. But life's harsh realities threaten to tear their love apart.
Reporter Charles Wills (Johnson) falls in love and marries the gorgeous Helen Elsworth (Taylor). He supports her with a low paying job, devoting his evenings to writing a novel. After numerous rejections, he gives up writing, quits his job and lives off investments. The marriage falters when he enters into self-destructive behavior that is halted by a devasting tragedy.
Charade: A trio of crooks relentlesly pursues a young American through Paris for the fortune her dead husband stole from them.
The last time I saw Paris
Based on Babylon revisited by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the story of a romance between a writer and an beautiful American girl.
A married couple experiences various ups and downs in post-WWII Paris.
A romantic drama about American expatriates in Paris.
The last time I saw Paris Kiedy ostatni raz widziałem Paryż
A writer recalls his romance with a wealthy American girl in Paris, and how he lost her.
M-G-M threw all their tremendous assets behind this tale of love, romance and jealousy in Post-War France. Shot on location in Paris, Liz sparkles as a free-spirit who falls for Johnson, a reporter she meets on the chaotic night of the Allied liberation. Their marriage is less than idyllic, and though they are very much in love, the pairing results in tragedy.
Reporter Charles Wills (Johnson) falls in love and marries the gorgeous Helen Elsworth (Taylor). He supports her with a low paying job, devoting his evenings to writing a novel. After numerous rejections, he gives up writing, quits his job and lives off investments. The marriage falters when he enters into self-destructive behavior that is halted by a devastating tragedy.
A tale of love, romance and jealousy in Post-War France. In the midst of celebrating V-E Day, two sisters meet an army lieutenant. The free-spirited sister wins his heart. Their marriage is less than idyllic, and though they are very much in love, they never quite feel the same way at the same time.
A heart wrenching saga of an intriguing love triangle that leaves two sisters torn over one man.
A tale of love, romance and jealousy in Post-War France. In the midst of celebrating V-E Day, two sisters meet an army lieutenant. The free-spirited sister wins his heart. Their marriage is less than idyllic, and though they are very much in love, the pairing results in tragedy.
A reporter covering the VE day celebration in Paris meets and falls in love with a beautiful girl. Married shortly after the war, the couple lives on his meager wage he earns as a news-wire reporter while he works on his novel. After giving up on his job and living for a while on his oil well earnings, the couple grows apart until a tragic event brings the man out of his self-destructive behavior.
"A high society American beauty [lives] with her eccentric father in post WWII Paris. She meets, falls in love and marries a young American journalist, whose ambition is to write novels, someday. Soon the couple gets caught up in a reckless and carefree, Parisian lifestyle. They find out that this does not bode well with any hopes they'd had for their future"--Container.
The last time I saw Paris: A reporter and an aristocrat meet and fall in love in post-World War II Paris.
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This romantic drama is set during post-WW II high society Paris. Writer and war veteran Charles Wills returns to the Left Bank to reminisce about his life after the liberation of the City of Lights. There he meets wealthy American eccentric James Ellswirth and his daughters, Marion and the beautiful but frivolous Helen. Although Marion loves Charles, he marries Helen instead, and the two begin a family.
The last time I saw Paris: Tragedy strikes an American WWII veteran with literary ambitions who falls in love in Paris.
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The last time I saw Paris Life with Father
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American WWII veteran Johnson re-lives his memories of the excitement, romance and trying times in post-war Paris.
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A GI with literary ambitions goes to Paris after World War II and falls in love with a wealthy girl. After his first novel is not received well, he turns to the bottle.
A GI has an ambition to write a famous book. Shortly after World War II he goes to Paris where he meets a beautiful and wealthy young woman. They fall in love and he settles down there to attempt to write his novel. All goes well until he finds that he cannot sell his masterpiece and turns to the bottle for solace. His uncontrollable drinking causes the couple to fight continually and his love is accidentally locked out of her house one night during a rainstorm.
LAST TIME I SAW PARIS, THE (DVD)
Last time I saw Paris: A couple in post-war Paris and their lives early in their relationship and after they have been married for awhile.
The last time I saw Paris: A writer recalls his romance with a wealthy American girl in Paris, and how he lost her.
Love affair: A woman falls in love with a playboy aboard an ocean liner. Their romance grows during the voyage and slowly they fall in love. As the voyage ends, they realize they must seperate because of previous lovers and depart the ship with broken hearts. After they decide to meet, fate intervenes and all is seemingly lost.
Father's little dividend (ca. 82 min.): With his daughter Kay now happily married and her extravagant wedding finally paid for, Stanley Banks is looking forward to enjoying life. Then he discovers Kay is expecting a baby. While the other grandparents are ecstatic, Stanley is dismayed and he soon finds his life turned upside-down all over again.
A tragic love story, set after World War II, about a relationship between an expatriate American writer with a drinking problem and a beautiful and wealthy socialite.
A writer looks back on an old romance in Paris with a lonely, rich American girl.
Love stories
Reminiscences of a writer's love affair with a well-to-do woman in Paris just after World War II.
Set in post World War II. American military reporter Charles Wills falls in love and marries the gorgeous Helen Elsworth. He supports her with a low paying job, devoting his evenings to writing a novel. After numerous rejections, he gives up writing, quits his job and lives on investments. The marriage falters when he enters into self-destructive behavior that is halted by a devastating tragedy.
A successful writer reminisces about his love affair with a wealthy American girl in post-WWII Paris.
The last time I saw Paris Royal wedding / directed by Stanley Donen ; The great Dan Patch / directed by Joe Newman
Set in post World War II. American military reporter Charles Wills (Johnson) falls in love and marries the gorgeous Helen Elsworth (Taylor). He supports her with a low paying job, devoting his evenings to writing a novel. After numerous rejections, he gives up writing, quits his job and lives on investments. The marriage falters when he enters into self-destructive behavior that is halted by a devastating tragedy.
An aspiring American writer living in Paris comes into unexpected wealth and ditches his hard-working lifestyle for a lavish yet self-destructive spending spree that threatens to cost him all the things that really matter to him.
The last time I saw Paris (ca. 90 min.): It's post-World War II Paris filled with divorce, domestic quarrels, jaded lives, ruined marriages and disillusioned people.
World War, 1939-1945 Veterans France Paris Drama.
Man-woman relationships in motion pictures.