Little Boy Lost

Infobox Film
name = Little Boy Lost


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director = George Seaton
producer = William Perlberg
writer = Marghanita Laski
George Seaton
starring = Bing Crosby
Claude Dauphin
Christian Fourcade
music = Johnny Burke
Victor Young
Miarka Laparcerie
cinematography = George Barnes
editing = Alma Macrorie
distributor = Paramount Pictures
released = flagicon|US September 21, 1953 (premiere)
October (wide)
flagicon|Germany September 3, 1954
flagicon|Japan March 22, 1955
runtime = 95 min.
country = U.S.A.
language = English
amg_id = 1:99749
imdb_id = 0046003

"Little Boy Lost" is a 1953 Paramount Pictures black-and-white drama motion picture starring Bing Crosby. Others in the cast include Claude Dauphin, Christian Fourcade, Gabrielle Dorziat, and Nicole Maurey.

Directed by George Seaton, the screenplay was adapted by Seaton based on the 1949 novel "Little Boy Lost" by Marghanita Laski. The movie was produced by William Perlberg.

Original music was by Miarka Laparcerie (song: "Mon Coeur est un Violin"), and the team of Johnny Burke & Jimmy Van Heusen, and Victor Young (music score). Costumes were designed by Edith Head. Makeup was supervised by Wally Westmore.

"Little Boy Lost" received the Golden Globe Award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding.

Scenes were shot on location in Paris, France.

ynopsis

During World War II an American war correspondent, Bill Wainwright (played by Crosby), was stationed in Paris. He met and fell in love with a French singer, Lisa Garret (played by Maurey). They married and had a son, Jean.

Wainwright was then assigned to cover the Battle of Dunkirk and after the evacuation of Allied troops and the French surrender he could not return to Paris. He later learned that his wife was murdered by the Nazis for participating in the French Resistance and that his small son went missing during a bombing raid.

The above information was learned by the audience in a flashback, which is narrated by Wainwright. The war is now over and the grieving widower has returned to Paris to find his lost little boy. His best friend is Pierre Verdier (played by Dauphin).

Wainwright has been told that his son is living in an orphanage. He finds a sad and confused boy (played by Fourcade), who does bear a striking resemblance to Lisa, and Wainwright believes he might be his son. The Mother Superior (played by Dorziat) insists that the boy is his, but Wainwright becomes skeptical and tests him. When the boy fails the test, Wainwright confronts the nun. She then confesses her scheme and tells him of her determination to see that the orphans are placed in good homes and have happy lives.

Though Wainwright and the boy have formed a loving bond, he cannot get over his grief until he receives wise counsel from his good friend.

Trivia

*The same title was used for a 1978 Australian movie based on the true story of a missing child. The screenplay was co-written by George Seaton.

ee also

*"Little Boy Lost" (1949 novel)
* Johnny Ashcroft

External links

*imdb title|id=0046003|title=Little Boy Lost