Les Girls 1957

Not to be Confused with the Infamous Club in Sydney in the late 1960s although they might have taken the name from the Movie ,Les Girls is an Akira Kurosawa 'Rashômon' styled narrative film Directed by George Cukor (My fair Lady,A star is Born,the Philadelphia Story)

that presents the story from three points of view Beginning as a Courtroom drama Sybil (Kay Kendall) a former Burlesque showgirl accuses Angele another Former Showgirl of having an affair with Barry (Gene Kelly), in her current published memoirs whilst Angele who is suing for Liable Damages insists that it was actually Sybil who was having the affair. Finally, Barry gives his side of the story. One of Kellys last Dancing pictures
and showcases the last original work by the great American composer Cole Porter,
One of tis last outings for poor Kay Kendell, She suffered from Leukemia but he Husband Rex Harrison who had left his wife to marry her after he found out from a doctor she had the condition never let her know her time as finite and gave her the last loveing years of her Life, I didnt know much about Leukemia until my Mother died of it in 2014 , its a horrible painful way to die I cant image how  Rex Harrison Back in 1957  kept it from her by saying it was a dietary issue , Now every year around march i do the Worlds greatest Shave and have all my hair cut off , I do it every year now so I always sadly remember this film about that time.
Not Your average style musical by any means ,
its quite entertaining,trying to work out who is telling the truth as there are traces of it to be found if you watch carefully