An American In Paris - 1982

The 1952 Nest Picture Oscar was Vincent Minelli's romatically kitsch musical about an American painter trying to break into the Paris art scene. A siave Gene Kelly and an exquisite Leslie Caron dance and sing through the During the 80s I lived in Paris as the doorman to various nightclubs. Most famously Les Bains Douches. When I was employed there in 1982 I said to Fabrice the co-owner, "I don't speak French. I only recognize Serge Gainsborough, Francoise Hardy, and Brigitte Bardot. How should I treat your clientele?" "Like the shit they are " At that moment I realized at night I was the most powerful American in Paris. Quelle epoch! ps I later 86ed Brigitte Bardot. Foto - 1984 - Royale Lieu avec mon pote eternal Jacques Negrit