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Can-Can is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and a book by Abe Burrows.The story concerns the showgirls of the Montmartre dance halls during the 1890s.. The original Broadway production ran for over two years beginning in 1953, and the 1954 West End production was also a success.
The can-can has often appeared in ballet, such as Léonide Massine's La Boutique fantasque (1919) and Gaîté Parisienne (1938), [15] as well as The Merry Widow. Another example is the climax of Jean Renoir's film French Cancan. [16] A well-known can-can occurs at the finale of the "Dance of the Hours" from the opera La Gioconda by Amilcare ...
Can-Can is a 1960 American musical film made by Suffolk-Cummings productions and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Walter Lang , produced by Jack Cummings and Saul Chaplin . The screenplay was written by Dorothy Kingsley and Charles Lederer , loosely based on the musical play by Abe Burrows .
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"It's All Right with Me" is a popular song written by Cole Porter, for his 1953 musical Can-Can, where it was introduced by Peter Cookson as the character Judge Aristide Forestier. [1] The song is also used in the Cole Porter musical High Society.
For songs of the film, see Category:Songs from Can-Can (film). Note: This category page should be empty. All entries should be recategorized under one of the above categories or an appropriate subcategory.
The can-can is a dance. Can-Can may also refer to: Can Can (band), American punk rock band; Can-Can, a 1953 musical Can-Can, based on the musical; Can Can, fragrance designed by Paris Hilton "Galop Infernal", a movement of Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld commonly associated with the dance
"C'est Magnifique" ("It's Magnificent") is a 1953 popular song written by Cole Porter for his 1953 musical Can-Can, where it was introduced by Lilo and Peter Cookson. [1] The song became a standard. The only version to chart was by Gordon MacRae which reached No. 29 for one week. [2]