May 15, 1958 –
Vincente Minnelli’s lush valentine to the La Belle Époque era, Gigi premiered in NYC on this date. (Just try not thinking the whole teen-age prostitution angle of the film and you’ll enjoy it.)
Leslie Caron enjoyed working with Louis Jourdan, though he could sometimes be a challenge. She recalled, “Louis Jourdan, one of the handsomest men in Hollywood, was not comfortable with his image, yet his wit and self-deprecating humour were rare and unique…. He tended to express his angst with constant negative comments about Minnelli’s staging, but instead of having it out with Vincente, he poured his grudges out on me. I was quite exhausted to hear, every time the camera stopped, his litany of grievances.“
The Haus of Dcaligari 