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Chocolat
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2 editions published between 2000 and 2001 in English and held by 1,763 libraries worldwide Once upon a time, there was a quiet little village in the French countryside, whose people believed in Tranquilité - Tranquility. If you lived in this village, you understood what was expected of you. You knew your place in the scheme of things. And if you happened to forget, someone would help remind you. In this village, if you saw something you weren't supposed to see, you learned to look the other way. If perchance your hopes had been disappointed, you learned never to ask for more. So through good times and bad, famine and feast, the villagers held fast to their traditions. Until, one winter day, a sly wind blew in from the North...
An American in Paris
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9 editions published between 1979 and 2010 in English and held by 1,694 libraries worldwide An ex-GI loves Paris and loves even more an alluring, but engaged, perfume-shop clerk.
Gigi
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64 editions published between 1957 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 1,398 libraries worldwide The musical story of a French girl groomed to be a courtesan, but who blossoms into a lady.
An American in Paris
by Vincente Minnelli
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78 editions published between 1951 and 2010 in 8 languages and held by 1,222 libraries worldwide Presents an academy award winning musical about a struggling fine artist in post WWII Paris and a lonely French shopgirl engaged to a sucessful entertainer.
Father Goose
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19 editions published between 1964 and 2001 in English and held by 975 libraries worldwide During World War II, a South Seas wanderer is compelled by the Australian navy to act as a sky observer on a small island, where he finds himself in charge of six refugee schoolchildren and their headmistress.
Gigi
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3 editions published between 1958 and 2008 in English and held by 939 libraries worldwide A musical set in Paris in which a girl trained as a high society courtesan falls in love with a rich and handsome boulevardier.
Thank heaven : a memoir
by Leslie Caron
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7 editions published between 2009 and 2010 in English and held by 790 libraries worldwide Leslie Caron made her film debut with Gene Kelly in the classic MGM musical An American in Paris, created the role of Gigi, danced with Fred Astaire in Daddy Long Legs, and starred with Cary Grant in Father Goose. In Thank Heaven (an homage to the song Maurice Chevalier sings about her in Gigi) Caron shares her remarkable life story. From her childhood with her American mother and French father in occupied France to her early success as a young ballerina; to her meeting Gene Kelly and her years in Hollywood; to her love affairs (including a very funny and very public one with Warren Beatty) and motherhood; to her alcoholism and depression; and finally her recovery and continuing success in film and television, Caron offers an illuminating account of her career, filled with reminiscences of MGM at the end of its Golden Era.--From publisher description.
Le divorce
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8 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and held by 743 libraries worldwide Isabel Walker travels to Paris to visit her pregnant stepsister Roxy, by chance arriving on the same day that Roxy's husband Charles-Henri leaves the marriage, apparently for another woman. As Isabel stays to offer help and support, the two young women start living it up with the locals and American expatriates, and Isabel finds herself being wooed by an older French man- who happens to be related to Roxy's ex-husband.
Gigi original motion picture soundtrack
by Frederick Loewe
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24 editions published between 1958 and 2002 in 3 languages and held by 584 libraries worldwide Complete motion picture soundtrack of the 1958 musical film Gigi, with the addition of three bonus tracks.
Is Paris burning
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6 editions published between 1966 and 2006 in English and French and held by 479 libraries worldwide As the Nazis march through Europe in 1944, the freedom fighters of Paris mount a brave resistance. Hitler sends a top general to determine if the city can be held. If not, Paris will be burned.
Hollywood singing and dancing a musical history
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 431 libraries worldwide Host Shirley Jones presents a series of highlight moments from various Hollywood musicals. Beginning in the earliest days of the genre, the viewer is taken through a history of the musical film to contemporary releases such as "Chicago" and "Dreamgirls". Clips of the films are accompanied by current and archival interviews with crew and cast members, who provide anecdotes and other production details.
Daddy long legs
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2 editions published between 2005 and 2007 in English and held by 393 libraries worldwide Millionaire playboy Jervis Pendleton III becomes enamored with a young woman living in a French orphanage, and decides to anonymously sponsor her college education in America. When they finally meet face-to-face two years later, romance blossoms but is complicated by Jervis's hesitance towards their age differences.
Gene Kelly anatomy of a dancer
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1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 359 libraries worldwide Looks at the life and career of Gene Kelly who revolutionized musical and movie dancing, making it accessible for all people. Uses extended film clips, interviews with colleagues and critics and filmed interview segments from 1976 with Kelly.
Fanny
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10 editions published between 1960 and 2010 in English and German and held by 312 libraries worldwide Fanny, a fishmonger's daughter with eyes for the barkeeper's son, Marius, has a powerful rival. Marius yearns for a life at sea, not one behind the bar in Marseilles with his blustery but devoted father Cesar. But after Fanny and Marius surrender to their desires, complications separate them, and a solution comes from an unlikely source: the wise, aging sailmaker Panisse.
Courage mountain
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6 editions published between 1990 and 2002 in English and held by 305 libraries worldwide The further adventures of Heidi, the Swiss heroine loved by generations. Given into the power of a cruel tyrant by the advent of World War I, Heidi and her schoolmates escape on foot to travel from Italy to her home in Switzerland.
Daddy long legs
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13 editions published between 1955 and 2006 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 296 libraries worldwide A playboy traveling through Europe anonymously sponsers a lovely young girl whom he sends to college in America. Complications arise when they meet two years later and fall in love.
Le martyre de Saint Sébastien = [The martyrdom of St. Sebastian
by Claude Debussy
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5 editions published in 1992 in 3 languages and held by 259 libraries worldwide
Damage
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4 editions published between 1992 and 2006 in English and held by 242 libraries worldwide A middle-aged man and his son's fiancee are entangled in an intensely erotic affair that is as irrestible as it is destructive.
Dangerous moves
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5 editions published between 1984 and 2004 in French and German and held by 230 libraries worldwide A senior Soviet chessmaster and his former star pupil, now a dissident living in exile, square off in a highly publicized chess tournament. Both become pawns in a much larger game, however.
Vengeance
by Leslie Caron
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5 editions published between 1982 and 1983 in French and English and held by 212 libraries worldwide more
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French (60) German (38) Undetermined (31) No Linguistic content (19) Spanish (15) Multiple languages (9) Italian (2) Chinese (1) Swedish (1) Covers
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