‘Gigi’ premieres in New York City 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 15 1958)


Video: 'Gigi' trailer

(Thursday, May 15, 1958, scheduled for 8:30 p.m. EDT)Gigi, an American musical-romance film about a Parisian girl who is raised to be a kept woman but dreams of love and marriage, premiered tonight at the Royale Theatre in New York City.

Directed by Vincente Minnelli and produced by Arthur Freed, the film starred Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier, Hermione Gingold, Eva Gabor, Jacques Bergerac and Isabel Jeans.