Gigi (1958)

Of all the films which won the Best Picture Oscar, one has to wonder how this ho hum musical earned all nine Oscars for which it was nominated. Was it just a weak year or did The Defiant Ones (1958) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) cancel each other out as well? It's a mystery. Director Vincente Minnelli, the Original Song "Gigi", its Musical Score, and Adapted Screenplay were among the other Oscar winners. Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, and Louis Jourdan star. Added to the National Film Registry in 1991. #35 on AFI's 100 Greatest Love Stories list. "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" is #56 on AFI's 100 Top Movie Songs of All Time.

Gigi (Caron) was raised by, and lives with, Madame Alvarez (Hermione Gingold), who's friends with a rich playboy (Jourdan) that's known Gigi since she was a child. However, Gigi is now a young woman who's always fancied the playboy, if he'd ever take her seriously. Advised by Chevalier, an older version of himself, Jourdan drops yet another woman (Eva Gabor) he's been dating and attempts to escape the trappings of high society for a while. During this time, he notices the title character's maturation, and with encouragement and education from her Aunt (Isabel Jeans), a match is made. But it's not as simple as all that, wouldn't you know. Everyone but Gigi is satisfied with the arrangement of her as Jourdan's mistress, whereas she wants marriage.

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