Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I te tau 1951, i whakaputaina e Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer te kiriata puoro, "An American in Paris", e whakaatu ana i a Gene Kelly rāua ko Leslie Caron. Te wikitoria i te
Ko te kiriata i whakahaeretia e Vincente Minnelli, he maha nga puoro o Gershwin, ka mutu me te raupapa kanikani whanui, whanui i hangaia e te "An American in Paris" symphonic poem (i whakaritea mo te kiriata e Johnny Green), $ 500,000 te utu.