american paris wonderful musical american painter living paris inspiration meets rich woman admires paintings street believes get work even popular public eg museum golden globe nominated gene kelly artist jerry mulligan perfect singing especially dancing also meets main girl lise bouvier leslie caron engaged best friend cant help feelings girl even finds engaged to filled nice romance wonderful song dance good musical film may drag slightly dancing dream sequence ie american paris ballet good happy ending oscars best art directionset decoration best cinematography best costume design best music scoring musical picture best writing story screenplay best picture nominated best director vincente minnelli best film editing nominated bafta best film source golden globe best motion picture  musicalcomedy nominated best director vincente millenni lizas father gene kelly number   movie stars number   years  stars  men i got rhythm number   years  songs film number   years musicals number   years  passions number   years  movies number   greatest musicals good