Lili (1953 film)
| Lili | |
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| Directed by | Charles Walters |
| Screenplay by | Helen Deutsch |
| Based on | The Man Who Hated People 1950 in The Saturday Evening Post by Paul Gallico |
| Produced by | Edwin H. Knopf |
| Starring | Leslie Caron Mel Ferrer Jean-Pierre Aumont Zsa Zsa Gabor |
| Cinematography | Robert H. Planck |
| Edited by | Ferris Webster |
| Music by | Bronisław Kaper Gerald Fried (uncredited) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's, Inc. |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,353,000 |
| Box office | $5,393,000 |
Lili is a 1953 American film released by MGM. It stars Leslie Caron as a touchingly naïve French girl whose emotional relationship with a carnival puppeteer is conducted through the medium of four puppets. The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Score, and was also entered in the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. It was later adapted for the stage under the title Carnival! (1961).
Lili's screenplay, written by Helen Deutsch, was based on a short story and treatment titled "The Seven Souls of Clement O'Reilly" written by Paul Gallico, which in turn was based upon "The Man Who Hated People," a short story by Gallico that appeared in the October 28, 1950 issue of The Saturday Evening Post. After the film's success, Gallico expanded his story into a 1954 novella entitled Love of Seven Dolls.