The Great Minnelli FamilyIf you're not a film buff, you may not know who Vincente Minnelli is, but you've heard of his daughter Liza Minnelli, lately known for her role as Lucille 2 on everyone's f...

From Page to Stage to ScreenGigi began its life as a 1944 novella by Colette, in which the title character is raised by her grandmother and aunt to follow in the family business: high-class prostit...

MGM: How the Lion Began to RoarIn 1919 (the year of the Great Boston Molasses Flood), Marcus Loew was the owner of a string of movie theatres across the U.S. He picked up films as he could, but was...

Bright Like a Diamond, Lush Like a JungleGigi's CinemaScope color is so bright and varied that its frames are often dead-ringers for a box of crayons. When Gigi was made, color film was so still so...

I'm glad I'm not young anymore…Oh, sorry, we're just humming the tune from one of Gigi's songs. We're actually glad we're still young—maybe Honoré will give us a second look.In a musical, the...

Fans of Gigi tend to be those folks who are fans of musicals in general and fans of MGM movie musicals in particular. Their VHS tapes of That's Entertainment! wore out long ago from constant play a...