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The Last Time I Saw Paris

- The sensational story of youth on a fling

Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ellswirth following a brief flirtation with her sister, Marion. After he and Helen marry, Charles pursues his novelistic ambition while supporting his new bride with a deadening job at a newspaper wire service. But when an old investment suddenly makes the family wealthy, their marriage begins to unravel — until a sudden tragedy changes everything.

Release Date : 1954-11-18

Language :EnglishHungarian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Helen Ellswirth

Original Name : Elizabeth Taylor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Charles Wills

Original Name : Van Johnson

Gender : Male

Character Name : James Ellswirth

Original Name : Walter Pidgeon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marion Ellswirth

Original Name : Donna Reed

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lorraine Quarl

Original Name : Eva Gabor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Maurice

Original Name : Kurt Kasznar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Claude Matine

Original Name : George Dolenz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paul

Original Name : Roger Moore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vicki

Original Name : Sandy Descher

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mama

Original Name : Celia Lovsky

Gender : Female

Character Name : Barney

Original Name : Peter Leeds

Gender : Male

Character Name : Campbell

Original Name : John Doucette

Gender : Male

Character Name : Singer

Original Name : Odette Myrtil

Gender : Female

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Maurice Marks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Paul McGuire

Gender : Male

Character Name : Photographer (uncredited)

Original Name : Lomax Study

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fighting Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Josette Deegan

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-01-18

Journalist "Charles" (Van Johnson) returns to Paris after a two year absence and takes up his stool in the bar where he begins to reminisce about the reasons that kept him in the city after the end of WWII and of those that eventually drove him away. It all started when he was given a blind kiss on the day of liberation celebrations then later he meets the girl again. "Helen" (Elizabeth Taylor). He takes an immediate shine to her just as her sister "Marion" (Donna Reed) does to him. He's an aspiring writer and now settled with new, wealthy and party-going, wife and their daughter, he hopes to finish his magnum opus. Along the way he has crises of confidence and takes to the bottle - all putting a strain on his marriage that ends in tragedy. The purpose of his return is now clear, but will it find any traction with those who still remember? Liz Taylor does exude a degree of star quality here, but for then most part this is really a rather unremarkable melodrama that follows a fairly predictable arc of ups and downs before a Parisian showdown that doesn't really burn very brightly. Johnson is adequate here, and there are a few welcome interventions from Walter Pidgeon but otherwise this is all watchable and beautifully shot but forgettable stuff.