It took me watching this film a few times to notice that Eva Gabor in this scene is severely underrated. She's got a thankless job here, miming being lively and vivacious on the sidelines for minutes on end without repeating herself. She does great.
@@Gigipretty64: No this was Eva; just seven years before she starred with Eddie Albert on Green Acres as Lisa Douglas. No I stand corrected. It was eight years before Green Acres. Even though Gigi was released in 1958; it was filmed during the summer of 1957; just before her biggest fan, and future Green Acres fan, (that's me of course) was born. They even filmed some of it on location over there in Paris.
I grew up with this and "My Fair Lady" the two best musicals of their time. Lots of other greats, yes, but these 2 stand the test of time so well I watch anytime they are on. Brings back wonderful memories of happy times.
@Alma: That wasn't quite what he said. I want to let you know I don't totally approve of the behavior either. At the same time, for some it is possible to like the movie anyway.
@@julistarling8382 I think Alma needs a hug. It's a movie. It's a great musical. People need to relax and enjoy being entertained and not look at everything to criticize. Life's too short. Cheers!
I managed to get every single word written down & really watch Gastons’ lips as he says every word in the song. Plus I took a few screenshots of her excitement & frolicking around the dance floor etc. it’s rather quite interesting just how Gaston gets himself so worked over Gigi NOT thing of Me(him)! Incredible cute music 🎶 & the costumes/colours of them all & just how her movements matched up with each of his words. Well spoken. Beautifully clearly said! Thank you Louis Jourdan! Your musical is 1of a kind & I sincerely appreciate the classical music of the past decades due to the fact that they’re so clear & clean in the messages they conveying!
That's correct, at least initially, but according to Wikipedia, "In September, the cast and crew flew to California, where several interior scenes were filmed, among them the entire scene in Maxim's, which included a musical number by Jourdan. Lerner was unhappy with the look of the scene as it had been shot by Minnelli, so, at considerable expense, the restaurant was recreated on a soundstage and the scene was reshot by director Charles Walters, since Minnelli was overseas working on a new project.[17]."..........Sorry..........
@@hudsony777 I just read Lerner’s memoir, and you are mostly correct. To my understanding the problem with the original shots of the Maxim‘s scene was merely that Vincente (as AJL refers to him) forgot to film any closeups of Louis (Gaston) and therefore they needed to recreate Maxim’s on a sound stage so as to film the closeups that would make the voiceover style work. Vincente was aware of the reshoots but was otherwise occupied shooting another film in Paris by the time the set was built, so Charles Walters was brought in to film the closeups and later also filmed “The Night They Invented Champagne.” I believe the final product was a mix of the two different shoots.
I didn't know Maxim's was an actual place until I saw this comment and looked it up. The facts sound so neat and it's neat that there was a restaurant that several different movie scenes were shot at :D
@@ceciasa3376 Maxim's is a very, very famous restaurant of the turn-of -the-last century Paris. It still exists and has become a luxury chain and brand: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim%27s
I always love the blonde to right when Miss Gabor and Mister Jourdan are seated. She stands out in all of the crowd scenes... this one, the return to Maxim's with Gigi, the opening Bois scene.. She is absolutely stone-faced during all of her scenes. Terrific!
И почему сейчас нет таких мужчин, как Луи Журдан ❤? Такой необыкновенный красавец, джентльмен, благородный и харизматичный ❤ Влюблена до мозга костей ❤❤❤💋💋💋
Now I know I’ve got the title for certain! This is the 1 that Chris Stevens was most definitely singing along to in his radio station on Northern Exposure airing April 15,1991! Finally gonna take down these words if at all possible! This too are memories for me while growing up and my mom was introduced all these beautiful musicals! I love this particular song! Gotta get the exact lyrics! Hope someone wrote them down!
@@randysills4418 oh but im realizing now more that relationships like this were the norm back in the days. Good thing this isnt accepted as much now💯 also that way he thought women were a bore, typical. Who knows maybe in real life he was a man but idk of a man either who would play a role of a pedophile so happily
@jawaadthebest none actually even if I was on something I wouldnt watch this garbage. Yall are to brainwashed to realize what you guys even watch. I hope you guys dont show this to your kids.
@A CATAL seriously thought you were done replying to my shit but you clearly didnt get it right the first time it's a different time now this is called garbage nowadays unless you blind af lmao this ain't love hun THIS AINT LOVE
@@chriselias3881 no I cant because I find it disgusting that people are into this. This creepy idk how you guys dont hear the old man singing about little girls or see how stubborn the 40 year old is towards the girl when it comes to her wearing little girl clothing. LITTLE GIRL CLOTHING did you not see that part???? Are you that blind too. How can you guys even enjoy this??? Then when a teenage girl is getting raped everyone freaks tf out and somehow this is satisfying to watch??? You people are disgusting
I had no idea who was the actress playing that vivacious, effervescent lady (with a great smile) so effortlessly. Then I looked it up and ...well I'll be...it was Ms. Gabor. It made me want to see more of that character!
When everyone you have ever loved is finally gone When everything you have ever wanted is finally done with When all of your nightmares are for a time obscured As by a shining brainless beacon Or a blinding eclipse of the many terrible shapes of this world When you are calm and joyful And finally entirely alone Then in a great new darkness You will finally execute your special plan
I have seen this so many times, and had noted how bad the sound controls were on his singing, but had never really noticed that heavy 5 o'clock shadow. Guess I was too busy falling in love with all the dresses, especially Miss Gabors!
No no. She's already with the ice skating instructor from the previous scene. Gaston's whole thing in this story is that he's bored. This is an old, stale relationship that bores him. For her to be that vivacious and happy, it's likely someone else who's done it to her because Gaston is barely trying.
Green Acres' and Octopussy's Gardeners? Well perhaps you had to be there. Ainola in the Middle 1970s. Rest in peace Eva Gabor and well almost everyone.
I thought she was flirting with a woman across from her, hence he sings about her being gay and ignoring him. I did not know gay meant something else back then. Tootles😊
It took me watching this film a few times to notice that Eva Gabor in this scene is severely underrated. She's got a thankless job here, miming being lively and vivacious on the sidelines for minutes on end without repeating herself. She does great.
thedogdogification No way. I always thought it was Zsa Zsa.
@@Gigipretty64 So did I. Sometimes it was hard to tell them apart when younger.
Eva was genuinely talented, probably the most talented of the Gabor sisters. And you're right, extremely underrated.
@@Gigipretty64: No this was Eva; just seven years before she starred with Eddie Albert on Green Acres as Lisa Douglas. No I stand corrected. It was eight years before Green Acres. Even though Gigi was released in 1958; it was filmed during the summer of 1957; just before her biggest fan, and future Green Acres fan, (that's me of course) was born. They even filmed some of it on location over there in Paris.
Eva was the idol of my youth!
Love this movie. This is so cute. I LOVE her dress. All of the dresses are beautiful. Fantastic job by the wardrobe department.
Really??? So you approve of pedophiles??
I've been in love with that 'pansy' dress since I first saw this!
@@almareyes2192 poop o
I grew up with this and "My Fair Lady" the two best musicals of their time. Lots of other greats, yes, but these 2 stand the test of time so well I watch anytime they are on. Brings back wonderful memories of happy times.
So you approve your 16 year old dating a 33 year old man. Niceee let's make her an option !!
About Gigi and My Fair Lady: GOOD CALL!!
I absolutely love my fair lady! Agreed
@Alma: That wasn't quite what he said.
I want to let you know I don't totally approve of the behavior either. At the same time, for some it is possible to like the movie anyway.
@@julistarling8382 I think Alma needs a hug. It's a movie. It's a great musical. People need to relax and enjoy being entertained and not look at everything to criticize. Life's too short. Cheers!
One of my all-time favorite movies..The music is great and the characters! Just call me a sentimental old girl...
Sentimental old girl. 🐱
Me two, saw it when it first came out, I’m 70 now!
I managed to get every single word written down & really watch Gastons’ lips as he says every word in the song. Plus I took a few screenshots of her excitement & frolicking around the dance floor etc. it’s rather quite interesting just how Gaston gets himself so worked over Gigi NOT thing of Me(him)! Incredible cute music 🎶 & the costumes/colours of them all & just how her movements matched up with each of his words. Well spoken. Beautifully clearly said! Thank you Louis Jourdan! Your musical is 1of a kind & I sincerely appreciate the classical music of the past decades due to the fact that they’re so clear & clean in the messages they conveying!
This was filmed in the actual Maxim’s! Incredible (real life) set and costumes!
That's correct, at least initially, but according to Wikipedia, "In September, the cast and crew flew to California, where several interior scenes were filmed, among them the entire scene in Maxim's, which included a musical number by Jourdan. Lerner was unhappy with the look of the scene as it had been shot by Minnelli, so, at considerable expense, the restaurant was recreated on a soundstage and the scene was reshot by director Charles Walters, since Minnelli was overseas working on a new project.[17]."..........Sorry..........
@@hudsony777 I just read Lerner’s memoir, and you are mostly correct. To my understanding the problem with the original shots of the Maxim‘s scene was merely that Vincente (as AJL refers to him) forgot to film any closeups of Louis (Gaston) and therefore they needed to recreate Maxim’s on a sound stage so as to film the closeups that would make the voiceover style work. Vincente was aware of the reshoots but was otherwise occupied shooting another film in Paris by the time the set was built, so Charles Walters was brought in to film the closeups and later also filmed “The Night They Invented Champagne.” I believe the final product was a mix of the two different shoots.
@@ThePithus Well, you have a better source than me. I just found an on-line reference,
I didn't know Maxim's was an actual place until I saw this comment and looked it up. The facts sound so neat and it's neat that there was a restaurant that several different movie scenes were shot at :D
@@ceciasa3376 Maxim's is a very, very famous restaurant of the turn-of -the-last century Paris. It still exists and has become a luxury chain and brand: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim%27s
Love this movie.. so did my mother, may she rest in peace.. this and a johhny Mathias song, Gina... Hence my name Gina.
I always love the blonde to right when Miss Gabor and Mister Jourdan are seated. She stands out in all of the crowd scenes... this one, the return to Maxim's with Gigi, the opening Bois scene.. She is absolutely stone-faced during all of her scenes. Terrific!
I guess some men go crazy over that, the bored indifference act
Gaston is so handsome ❤❤💙
Louis Jourdan was good looking in his younger days.
Louis was beautiful and so was ava
2000s child and I grew up with these kind of classics
И почему сейчас нет таких мужчин, как Луи Журдан ❤? Такой необыкновенный красавец, джентльмен, благородный и харизматичный ❤ Влюблена до мозга костей ❤❤❤💋💋💋
No...one...broods like Gaston, has bad moods like Gaston, has an indifferent attitude like Gaston....sorry, wrong Gaston.
Easy mistake to make when the original Lumiere is also present.
@@WillScarlet16 Where??
@@ceciasa3376 Right there at 0:07 - he's narrating this whole movie.
@@WillScarlet16 Ooooh!!!! Neato!!! :D
@@WillScarlet16 sorry when did maurice chevalier play lumiere?
I love this scene the most of the entrie movie. This movie, Les Meserables, Anne, and of course Victor Victoria. My childhood
Now I know I’ve got the title for certain! This is the 1 that Chris Stevens was most definitely singing along to in his radio station on Northern Exposure airing April 15,1991! Finally gonna take down these words if at all possible! This too are memories for me while growing up and my mom was introduced all these beautiful musicals! I love this particular song! Gotta get the exact lyrics! Hope someone wrote them down!
outstanding music and orchestration
RIP, a true gentleman.
Oh, please Alma! And you know this how???
@@randysills4418 oh but im realizing now more that relationships like this were the norm back in the days. Good thing this isnt accepted as much now💯 also that way he thought women were a bore, typical. Who knows maybe in real life he was a man but idk of a man either who would play a role of a pedophile so happily
@A CATAL I know stupid but the character is meant to be a little girl are you not aware of that??? You dumb af swear
@jawaadthebest none actually even if I was on something I wouldnt watch this garbage. Yall are to brainwashed to realize what you guys even watch. I hope you guys dont show this to your kids.
@A CATAL seriously thought you were done replying to my shit but you clearly didnt get it right the first time it's a different time now this is called garbage nowadays unless you blind af lmao this ain't love hun THIS AINT LOVE
I miss this movie.. 😍😍😍
Thank you for the memories Mr. Louis Jourdan
Really! The memories of when we all started loving pedophiles and thinking they are the definition of gentlemen!
@A CATAL awwwhhh good for him maybe he shouldnt of played this role then😬😬😬😬
@A CATAL please show me a better memory of him other than this see how much of a "gentleman" this is
@@almareyes2192 can you stop making these stupid posts everywhere on Gigi clips please. Just let us enjoy the movie.
@@chriselias3881 no I cant because I find it disgusting that people are into this. This creepy idk how you guys dont hear the old man singing about little girls or see how stubborn the 40 year old is towards the girl when it comes to her wearing little girl clothing. LITTLE GIRL CLOTHING did you not see that part???? Are you that blind too. How can you guys even enjoy this??? Then when a teenage girl is getting raped everyone freaks tf out and somehow this is satisfying to watch??? You people are disgusting
Gaston my love! Aah! Aah! Aah! Aah!
Oh Louis ❤ I can't stop thinking of you 💋💋💋
Love you much
Louie.Miss you terribly.
Wish you were here.
Pedophiles remind you of your loved one?? 🤔 hmm interesting
Great movie!
If you approve pedophiles 🤣🤣
Love Eva Gabor!
ruthiehenshallfan99 "OLIVER!!!"
I had no idea who was the actress playing that vivacious, effervescent lady (with a great smile) so effortlessly. Then I looked it up and ...well I'll be...it was Ms. Gabor. It made me want to see more of that character!
Well, she was certainly thinking of him at the very end! 😄
...the last musical of the classic era of Hollywood.
What about My Fair Lady? That came out after this one
@@agenttheater5 Gigi wasn't a Broadway musical. It was created as a movie
Honore and his bimbos......he's the Hugh Heffner of the Belle Epoque.
They are not bimbos, they are courtesans. There is a difference.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtesan
Honestly this film is better than My Fair Lady which it’s always being compared to
If you look carefully to Gaston's left, you can see their actions reflected in the mirror behind them.
When everyone you have ever loved is finally gone
When everything you have ever wanted is finally done with
When all of your nightmares are for a time obscured
As by a shining brainless beacon
Or a blinding eclipse of the many terrible shapes of this world
When you are calm and joyful
And finally entirely alone
Then in a great new darkness
You will finally execute your special plan
dgfb sggsb Burma Shave.
Maurice was très charmant!
My grandmother and I use to watch this all the time. Ugh
Nessa Marie your profile pic would make anyone go UGH.
Really??? Howww!!! Hopefully it was for educational purposes
@@nhmooytis7058 and you sound like another judgemental person, you dont amuse anyone
Alma Reyes you do, with your laughable stupidity.
How could you sit next to Louis Jordan and not think of him?!
Crooked to the Core.
I have seen this so many times, and had noted how bad the sound controls were on his singing, but had never really noticed that heavy 5 o'clock shadow. Guess I was too busy falling in love with all the dresses, especially Miss Gabors!
I have a special plan for this world
When everyone you have ever loved is finally gone...
How can i see this movie
I love Gaston.😅
It's okay gaston, I'm hot for you
@A CATAL harrasing??🤣🤣🤣 um there is two roles of creepy pedophiles and I'm harassing people🤣😂😂😂
@A CATAL gEt A lIFe
@@almareyes2192 Getting married at 15 or 16 was normal at that time
how did he know she was not thinking of him?
She was trying to catch the eye of a new suitor in waiting.
No no. She's already with the ice skating instructor from the previous scene. Gaston's whole thing in this story is that he's bored. This is an old, stale relationship that bores him. For her to be that vivacious and happy, it's likely someone else who's done it to her because Gaston is barely trying.
White collar crime.
Green Acres' and Octopussy's Gardeners? Well perhaps you had to be there. Ainola in the Middle 1970s.
Rest in peace Eva Gabor and well almost everyone.
How much of this romance
Is an act????
That's part of the thing, part of what courtesans are paid for. The problem here is that she's overdoing it. That's how I saw it at least
I don't think she was thinking of him. That who-er.
She was thinking about her next movie role
ژی ژی شاهکاری استثنایی در تاریخ ژانر موزیکال است.....واجد هپان معصومیتی که درون متن اثر به آن پرداخته است
Gigi Movie 1958
Yess they are pedophiles
0:29 hmm... Maxim’s is “gay and beautiful,” you say? From the looks of it, that’s at least *half* true
gay as in happy....or do you mean that the costumes are so overdone that it prevents them from being truly beautiful
Gg
I thought she was flirting with a woman across from her, hence he sings about her being gay and ignoring him. I did not know gay meant something else back then. Tootles😊
Unnecessary and you knew very well. It’s commonly known. Just like queer meant something very different back in the day also..
Why is he singing about her being gay?
Artboxfashion in the olden days (I think 1960s and earlier) the meaning of gay meant happy or happily excited
Meaning in the movie scenes she’s excited and happy
@@megheritasantiago4537 Did this really have to be explained?
Gay used to mean happy back then
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TELL PEOPLE,
I'M OVER 200 YEARS OLD !
😎