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Silk Stockings is a musical with a book by George S. Kaufman, Leueen MacGrath, and Abe Burrows and music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The musical is loosely based on the Melchior Lengyel story Ninotchka and the 1939 film adaptation it inspired. [1] It ran on Broadway in 1955. [2] This was the last musical that Porter wrote for the stage.
Silk Stockings is a 1957 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse.It is based on the 1955 stage musical of the same name, [2] which had been adapted from the film Ninotchka (1939).
In 1955, the musical Silk Stockings, based on Ninotchka, opened on Broadway. Written by Cole Porter, the stage production was based on Ninotchka's story and script and starred Hildegard Neff and Don Ameche. MGM then produced a 1957 film version of the musical directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse.
Janis Paige, a performer from Hollywood's Golden Age, died Sunday of natural causes in her Los Angeles home. The scene-stealing star of 'Silk Stockings' was 101.
It was a box office disappointment. She again took the lead female role (alongside Kelly) in his MGM musical It's Always Fair Weather (1955), which lost money. [13] In between she made an appearance in Deep in My Heart (1954). Publicity photo of Charisse for the film Silk Stockings (1957)
Porter's last original Broadway production, Silk Stockings (1955), featuring "All of You", was also successful, with a run of 477 performances. [102] Porter wrote two more film scores and music for a television special before ending his Hollywood career.
Silk Stockings is a 1955 stage musical. Silk Stockings may also refer to: Silk Stockings, a silent film with Keene Thompson; Silk Stockings, an American comedy film; Silk Stockings, a film adaptation of the 1955 musical; Stockings made of silk.
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