Gigi

It would seem that its impossible to find any movie stills from this movie. I wanted to find some with all the wonderful clothes, as I have decided that if I ever have the oppurtunity and the means that require a couture gown, I'd like to have one made from Gigi. At least I'd know for sure no one else would have it. :)

On another note, it is rather disturbing that the premise of this movie is how a girl is moulded to become the suitable mistress for a rich young man. And how society expected these men to use women and discard them when they tired of them. I found some rather interesting and pertinent quotes with regard to that subject. The final quote was just funny, the French were always rather superior. :D


Honore Lachaille: I'll tell you about that blue villa, Mamita. I was so much in love with you I wanted to marry you. Yes, it's true. I was beginning to think of marriage. Imagine: marriage, me! Oh no, I was really desperate! I had to do somethin, and what I did was the soprano!
Madame Alvarez: Thank you Honore. That was the most charming and endearing excuse for infidelity I've ever heard.


Honore Lachaille: not lately. This is 1900, so let's just say not in this century. Circumstances: comfortable. Profession: lover, and collector of beautiful things. Not antiques mind you, younger things.
[glances at elderly woman passing by]
Yes, definitely younger. Married: what for? Now please don't misunderstand. Like everywhere else, most people in Paris get married, but not all. There are some who will not marry, and some who do not marry. But in Paris, those who will not marry are usually men, and those who do not marry are usually women.


Aunt Alicia: Did you work hard in school today? What did you study?
Gigi: History. Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo.
Aunt Alicia: How depressing. What else?
Gigi: English.
Aunt Alicia: English? I suppose we must. They refuse to learn French.