Can-Can.
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Simone Pistache is both a dancer and the proprietor of a cabaret in the Montmartre district of Paris. The can-can is performed nightly at the Bal du Paradis cabaret, a dance considered lewd. Her lawyer and lover, François Durnais, brings his good friend, Chief Magistrate Paul Barrière, to the club. Philippe Forrestier becomes better acquainted with Simone and develops a romantic interest in her. Despite his attraction to her, Philippe arranges for Simone to be arrested once more.
Credits
- Directed by
- Walter Lang
- Written by
- Abe Burrows, Dorothy Kingsley, Charles Lederer
- Cast
- Frank Sinatra, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Juliet Prowse, Ann Codee, Shirley MacLaine, Nestor Paiva, Marcel Dalio, Maurice Marsac, Leon Belasco, Jean Del Val, Eugene Borden
- Produced by
- Saul Chaplin, Jack Cummings
- Cinematography
- William H. Daniels
- Music
- Cole Porter, Nelson Riddle
- Edited by
- Robert L. Simpson
Complete catalog record
Can-Can. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. Made By Suffolk-Cummings Productions. 18 Reels, Sd., Technicolor, 70 Mm. Todd-Ad. Based On The Musical Comedy By Abe Burrows. © Suffolk-Cummings Productions, Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 6mar60; Lp16406.
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, color, sound, country, genre, description, credits, catalog record
- Wikidata · Q1031821 ↗
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