In this classic drama, "The Last Time I Saw Paris," Charles returns to Paris to reminisce about the life he led in Paris after it was liberated. He worked on "Stars and Stripes" when he met Marion and Helen.

He would marry and be happy staying in Paris after his discharge and working for a news organization.

He would try to write his great novel and that would come between Charlie, his wife and his daughter.

Summary written by Tony Fontana {tony.fontana@spacebbs.com} imdb.com

Based on a short story called "Babylon Revisited" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Credited cast:
Elizabeth Taylor ....Helen Ellswirth/Wills
Van Johnson....Charles Wills
Walter Pidgeon ....James Ellswirth
Donna Reed ....Marion Ellswirth/Matine
Eva Gabor....Mrs. Lorraine Quarl
Kurt Kasznar ....Maurice (owner, Cafe Dhingo)
George Dolenz ....Claude
MatineRoger Moore ....Paul Lane (tennis pro)
Sandy Descher....Vicki Wills
Celia Lovsky ....Mama Janette
Peter Leeds ....Barney (Europa News Service reporter)
John Doucette ....Campbell (Europa News Service)
Odette Myrtil ....Singer (as Odette)

Director: Richard Brooks
Producer: Jack Cummings
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: drama
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Runtime 1:55:46

Van Johnson, the popular Hollywood star in the '40s and '50s with films such as "30 Seconds over Tokyo," "A Guy Named Joe" and "The Caine Mutiny," died on Friday, December 12, 2008 of natural causes. He was 92 years old.

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The Last Time I Saw Paris DVD Starring: Roger Moore, Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson Van Johnson plays Charles Wills a young reporter for the "Stars and Stripes" in Paris. He secretly dreams of writing the great novel that is in his head and in the midst of the celebrations for VE Day he encounters two very different sisters, Helen Ellswirth a flighty, beautiful fun loving girl not used to any responsibilty and her older sister Marion (Donna Reed),the down to earth emotionally repressed one. Both women are like night and day and while Marion falls for Charles it is Helen who captures his eye and his heart. They marry and Charles enters the unorthodox world of the Ellswirth family presided over by Helen and Marion's lovable but laid back father James (Walter Pidgeon in a delightful performance). From Amazon Director: Richard Brooks Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC Studio: Westlake Entertainment DVD Release Date: November 1, 2003 Run Time: 116 minutes "Last Time I Saw Paris" books "Last Time I Saw Paris" Music CDs

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