The Last Time I Saw Paris is a 1954 in film Romantic drama film made by MGM. It is loosely based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story "Babylon Revisited." It was directed by Richard Brooks, produced by Jack Cummings (director) and filmed on locations in Paris and the MGM backlot. The screenplay was by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Richard Brooks.
The film starred Elizabeth Taylor and Van Johnson in his last role for MGM, with Walter Pidgeon, Donna Reed, Eva Gabor, Kurt Kasznar, George Dolenz, Sandy Descher, Odette Myrtil, and Roger Moore in his Hollywood debut. The The Last Time I Saw Paris (song), by composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, was already a classic when the movie was made and inspired the movie's title. Though the song had already won an Oscar after its film debut in 1941's Lady Be Good (1941 film), it is featured much more prominently in The Last Time I Saw Paris. It can be heard in many scenes, either being sung by Odette Myrtil or being played as an instrumental.
The film was released in 1954; however, there was an error with the Roman numerals in the copyright notice showing "MCMXLIV" (1944), meaning the term of copyright started 10 years before the film was released. Thus, the normal 28-year copyright term ended just 18-years after the film was released, and MGM neglected to renew it presumably because they believed there was still 10 years left in the term.
CAST
Elizabeth Taylor as Helen Ellswirth
Van Johnson as Charles Wills
Walter Pidgeon as James Ellswirth
Donna Reed as Marion Ellswirth
Eva Gabor as Lorraine Quarl
Kurt Kasznar as Maurice
George Dolenz as Claude Matine
Roger Moore as Paul
Sandy Descher as Vicki
Celia Lovsky as Mama
Peter Leeds as Barney
John Doucette as Campbell
Odette Myrtil as Singer
Box Office
According to MGM records the film earned $2,635,000 in the US and Canada and $2,305,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $980,000
