The Last Time I Saw Paris

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The Last Time I Saw Paris

1954,

1h 56m,

Drama

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70%

10 Reviews

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49%

2,500+ Ratings

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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.

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TIME Magazine

Mar 23, 2011

This picture tries to please everybody. It won't.

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Variety Staff

Variety

Apr 8, 2008

An engrossing romantic drama that tells a good story with fine performances and an overall honesty of dramatic purpose.

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

Mar 25, 2006

1.5/5

What is to be said of such a picture? The story is trite. The motivations are thin. The writing is glossy and pedestrian. The acting is pretty much forced.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Aug 10, 2023

2.5/4

The film struggles with its bathetic components.

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Robert Bingham

The Reporter

Jan 25, 2022

I certainly wouldn't trouble you with a description of this abysmal film.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

May 27, 2015

B-

Somewhat engrossing but too much a dull and heavy-handed tragic melodrama.

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Feb 1, 2019

The best romance movie ever made!

Hermione W

Mar 25, 2017

For the 60+ crowd, a nice look at a time capsule of a faded technicolor movie with an A-list cast. For Netflixers, it might be a non-starter. It's a good old-timer for a rainy evening ... and to see Donna Reed cast against type (before she had a type)!

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Richard Brooks

Director

Elizabeth Taylor

Helen Ellswirth

Van Johnson

Charles Wills

Walter Pidgeon

James Ellswirth

Donna Reed

Marion Ellswirth

Eva Gabor

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Synopsis

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.

Director: Richard Brooks
Producer: Jack Cummings
Screenwriter: Richard Brooks, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Distributor: Hollywood Classics, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Take 2 Video, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc., Navarre Entertainment, Madacy Entertainment Group Inc. [us]
Production Co: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 18, 1954, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2009
Runtime: 1h 56m

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