Review of The Last Time I Saw Paris

Van Johnson was fantastic in his role as a World War II veteran who returns to Paris, France where he seeks to be a writer in the post-World War era. He meets and falls in love with Helen (played by Dame Elizabeth Taylor). Donna Reed has a supporting role as Marion, Helen's sister. This film was shot in the early days of using color instead of black and white. The Parisian shots could have been better. The storyline is quite typical. Helen and Jimmy fall in love and get married and have a child, a beautiful daughter, Victoria. They remain in Paris, France where the living is good and the partying is non-stop. Well, Jimmy's writing career consists of constant rejection. Helen's unhappy as well in their marriage. The story is a bit outdated and melodramatic to involve acting but it's Van Johnson's film and not his co-star Elizabeth Taylor. Eva Gabor has a supporting role in it as does Walter Pidgeon playing Helen's father. It's decent, old film to watch at least once.