- Gigi
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name = Gigi
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author =Colette
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country =France
language = French
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genre =Novel
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release_date = 1944
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media_type = Print (Hardback &Paperback )
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followed_by ="Gigi" is a 1944 novel by the French writer
Colette about a wealthy cultured man of fashion who discovers he is in love with a youngParis ian girl being groomed for a career as a "grande cocotte" and eventually marries her.It has been made into several plays and films:
*Gigi (1948 film) - French musical film starringDanièle Delorme
*Gigi (1951 play) - Broadwaystage play
*Gigi (1958 film) - Academy Award winningmusical film starringLeslie Caron ,Louis Jourdan , andMaurice Chevalier
*Gigi (musical) -musical comedy play starringAlfred Drake , Daniel Massey,Agnes Moorehead , andKarin Wolfe .The Broadway version of the play, adapted byAnita Loos , opened onNovember 24 ,1951 , starring little known actressAudrey Hepburn playing the lead character (the play ran for six months and led to Hepburn's American film debut in "Roman Holiday"). When the same play opened in the West End of London,Leslie Caron played the lead character and this helped to propel her as the star who would be selected for the 1958 movie version.
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