The man""s left arm hangs lifeless.The train""s conductor stares back at the disbelieving townsfolk with the disembarking passenger.To the train conductor, Macreedy comments on his short stay, but receives a foreboding reply:Conductor: Man, they look woebegone and far away." Nineteen year-old Leslie Caron made her film debut as the young Parisian mademoiselle.It was one of only a few Best Picture winners with no acting nominations.An American in Pariswas only the third musical o win Best Picture.The two previous winners were:The Broadway Melody (1929)andThe Great Ziegfeld (1936).The film was also the first to win a Golden Globe award for Best Motion Picture (comedy or musical) - a newly-created category - in the 1952 awards ceremony.And it prophetically showed the enduring influence that computers would have in our daily lives.Director Stanley Kubrick""s work is a profound, visionary and astounding film (a mysterious Rorschach film-blot) and a tremendous visual experience.There were numerous chapters introduced by title cards that were read outloud by a trio of singing mice in a Greek chorus.The scheming queen realizes she has him in her clutches and has saved her throne when he leans over her and confesses his affection:Antony: You""re charming.