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Alan Jay Lerner
Writer 1918 - 1986

Alan Jay Lerner

New York City, New York, U.S.

Alan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre both for the stage and on film. Lerner won three Tony Awards and three... Read full bio →

Filmography

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9 titles
The Little Prince

The Little Prince

Stanley Donen 1974 1h 28m 8.3

After a pilot is forced to make an emergency landing in the Sahara Desert, he befriends a young prince from outer space; the friendship conjures up stories of journeys through the solar system for the stranded aviator.

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

Vincente Minnelli 1970 2h 9m 10.0

Under hypnosis while trying to quit smoking, the main character Daisy Gamble revisits past lives and different personalities.

Paint Your Wagon

Paint Your Wagon

Joshua Logan 1969 2h 44m 6.0

A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnapping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp into a boom town. Along the way there is plenty of drinking, gambling, and singing.

Camelot

Camelot

Joshua Logan 1967 3h

King Arthur establishes the ideals and laws of Camelot but is tragically forced to enforce these laws against his own wife.

My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady

George Cukor 1964 2h 53m 7.8

In 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make a crude flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, presentable in high society.

Gigi

Gigi

Vincente Minnelli 1958 1h 55m 6.0

A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor (Louis Jourdan) in Paris offers them all to Gigi (Leslie Caron). But she, who's gone from girlish gawkishness to cultured glamour before our eyes, yearns for that wonderful something money can't buy.

Brigadoon

Brigadoon

Vincente Minnelli 1954 1h 48m 6.3

Americans Jeff and Tommy, hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a village - Brigadoon. They soon learn that the town appears once every 100 years in order to preserve its peace and special beauty. The citizens go to bed at night and when they wake up, it's 100 years later.

Royal Wedding

Royal Wedding

Stanley Donen 1951 1h 33m 9.0

Fred Astaire (Tom) and Jane Powell (Ellen) are asked to perform as a dance team in England at the time of Princess Elizabeth's wedding. As brother and sister, each develops a British love interest, Ellen with Lord John Brindale (Peter Lawford) and Tom with dancer Anne Ashmond (Sarah Churchill--Winston's daughter).

An American in Paris

An American in Paris

Vincente Minnelli 1951 1h 53m 6.9

Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.

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