Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: I le 1951, na tatalaina ai e le fale tifaga o le Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer le ata musika, "O se Tagata Amerika i Pale", na iai Gene Kelly ma Leslie Caron. Manumalo i le
1951 Best Picture Oscar, ma le tele o isi faʻailoga, o le ata na faʻatonutonuina e Vincente Minnelli, faʻaalia le tele o pese a Gershwin, ma faʻaiʻuina i se lautele, maeʻaeʻa siva faʻasologa fausia faataamilo i le "An American in Paris" symphonic solo (faʻatulagaina mo le ata e Johnny Green), tau $ 500,000.