originally a significant character, was reduced to a few lines of dialogue delivered off-screen. Lerner also expanded the focus on Gigi's relationship with her grandmother. A signature scene was filmed on location at Maxim's, the famous Belle Epoque restaurant with its ornate Art Nouveau mirrored walls. Shooting at the restaurant was a logistical nightmare, as the mirrors reflected lighting equipment, the camera, and other undesirable behind-the-scenes artifacts. Minelli and cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg worked together to come up with careful camera placements and a low-light visual scheme so that the location could be used without covering up the iconic mirrors. Ruttenberg even managed to cut down on the need for lighting stands and securing lights in corners by attaching lights with suction cups. By mid-July, the composers had completed most of the score, but still were missing the title tune. Loewe was at the piano while Lerner was indisposed in the bathroom, and when the former began playing a melody the latter liked, he later recalled he jumped up, "[his] trousers still clinging to [his] ankles, and made his way to the living room. 'Play that again,' he said. And that melody ended up being the title song for Gigi." In September, the cast and crew flew to California, where several interior scenes were filmed, among them the entire scene in Maxim's, which included a musical number by Jourdan. Lerner was unhappy with the look of the scene as it had been shot by Minnelli, so, at considerable expense, the restaurant was recreated on a soundstage and the scene was reshot by director Charles Walters, since Minnelli was overseas working on a new project. The film title design uses the artwork of Sem's work from the Belle Époque. Musical numbers Overture – Played by MGM Studio Orchestra "Honoré's Soliloquy" – Sung by Maurice Chevalier "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" – Sung by Maurice Chevalier "It's a Bore" – Sung by Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan and John Abbott "The Parisians" – Sung by Betty Wand "The Gossips" – Sung by Maurice Chevalier and MGM Studio Chorus "She is Not Thinking of Me" – Sung by Louis Jourdan "The Night They Invented Champagne" – Sung by Betty Wand, Hermione Gingold and Louis Jourdan "I Remember It Well" – Sung by Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold "Gaston's Soliloquy" – Sung by Louis Jourdan "Gigi" – Sung by Louis Jourdan "I'm Glad I'm Not Young