Little Boy Lost

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Little Boy Lost
Directed by	George Seaton
Produced by	William Perlberg
Written by	Marghanita Laski George Seaton
Starring	Bing Crosby Claude Dauphin Christian Fourcade
Music by	Johnny Burke Victor Young Miarka Laparcerie
Cinematography	George Barnes
Editing by	Alma Macrorie
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	September 21, 1953 (premiere) October (wide) September 3, 1954 March 22, 1955
Running time	95 min.
Country	U.S.A.
Language	English
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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.

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[edit] Synopsis

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.