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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).
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Ella Fitzgerald - on her album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book (1956) [4] Mel Tormé - for his album Musical Sounds Are the Best Songs (1956). [5] Sammy Davis Jr. - a single release in 1956. [6] Miles Davis - on 'Round About Midnight (1957) [7] and My Funny Valentine: Miles Davis in Concert (1964). [8] Tony Martin - a single ...
Cyd Charisse was born Tula Ellice Finklea in Amarillo, Texas, the daughter of Lela (née Norwood) and Ernest Enos Finklea Sr., who was a jeweler. [4] Her nickname "Sid" was taken from her older brother Ernest E. Finklea Jr., who as a child pronounced it like that when he’d say "Sis". [5]
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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.