Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Donna Reed, Eva Gabor, Roger Moore

Director: Richard Brooks

Summary: A GI goes to Paris shortly after World War II to write a book. There, he meets a beautiful, wealthy woman and falls in love. All goes well until he cannot sell his book and turns to the bottle. This causes the couple to fight continually...

Based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald story "Babylon Revisited," this epic romance is a captivating blend of Parisian expatriate high society and the struggles in post-WWII Europe. When war writer and veteran Charles Wills (Van Johnson) meets the lovely and restless Helen Ellswirth (Elizabeth Taylor) in Paris after the war, the two strangers instantly fall in love, basking in the glory of a free Paris. Helen and her father, James Ellswirth (Walter Pidgeon), are eccentric American expatriates living life in high style but always on the brink of going broke. Charles is captivated with the Ellswirthses' reckless and fun-loving lifestyle, staying out all night, gambling and living life in the glory of the Left Bank artistic society. Charles and Helen get married and have a family, but life becomes more difficult as they continue on with their free-spirited and reckless adventure. Elizabeth Taylor is glorious as the lovely young ingenue Helen, who loves Charles in spite of herself. Her stunning costumes are shot beautifully, contributing to the glorious style of this beautifully rendered epic.

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Reviewed by: davybozal24-7
Posted on November 23, 2006 2:31 PM

Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's Paradise Revisited , The Last Time I Saw Paris is an epic romance set against the backdrop of the struggles of a post World War 2 Europe . When veteran soldier and war writer Charles Wills ( Van Johnson ) meets the beautiful Helen
Ellswirth ( Elizabeth Taylor ) while covering the VE day celebrations in Paris the two strangers fall instantly in love , are married and start a family . Helen and her father ( Walter Pidgeon ) are expatriates living the high life , but always on the verge of going broke . Charles is captivated by this reckless and fun - loving lifestyle and invests in a Texas oil well to live off the revenue . As he squanders the revenue from the well he loses his literary ambitions and , slowly but surely , the love and devotion of his beautiful wife . His download spiral is halted only by a terrible tragedy . Also features a young Roger Moore .

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Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	1954
Release Date:	July 28, 2003
Runtime:	116 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	G M V S 1189
Keywords:	Last, Paris, Time, General, Saw, I, Drama
Genre:	Drama