Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1951, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer yakabudisa firimu remimhanzi, "An American in Paris", rine Gene Kelly naLeslie Caron. Kukunda mubayiro weBest Picture Oscar muna 1951
, nemimwe mibairo yakawanda, firimu racho rakatungamirirwa naVincente Minnelli, rakaratidza nziyo dzakawanda dzaGershwin, uye rakapedzisa nekutamba kwakakura, kwakagadziriswa kwakavakirwa panhetembo ye "An American in Paris" (yakagadzirirwa firimu naJohnny Green), inodhura $ 500,000.