Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.

An American man unwittingly gets involved with werewolves who have developed a serum allowing them to transform at will.

Paris, after the end of the Second World War: GI Jerry Mulligan stays in the City of Lights after falling in love with a mademoiselle at first sight. Being a stranger, Jerry gets to know pianist Adam Hochberg, who - unbeknownst to Jerry - adores the same woman. The two of them have to work together for a ballet with said woman, who is promised to Henri Baurel. Henri also gets acquainted with Jerry and Adam.

Kathleen Thielhelm, a ballerina from Wisconsin, gets the chance to dance an important role at the Paris Opera House. When the premiere finally arrives, what happens is what no dancer would ever hope to experience.

A young man who has long used women and love to feel better about himself goes looking for love in Paris. There he discovers how dangerous it is to not take care of your problems yourself.

This recently produced behind-the-scenes documentary digs into Gershwin's original work, the genesis of the cinematic adaptation, casting, the shoot, and the eventual reception of the film.