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Moulin Rouge [videorecording]
- Title
- Moulin Rouge [videorecording]
- Publication
- 1953.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette. 121 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
- Summary
- Drama based on episodes from the life of the artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, re-creating scenes depicted in his works. Includes several scenes of the cancan, danced by actors portraying La Goulue, Valentin le désossé, Chocolat, and other personalities of the period, as well as a female ensemble. A children's social dancing class appears in a flashback to Toulouse-Lautrec's childhood. The French ballerina Colette Marchand plays a non-dancing role.
- Subjects
- Note
- Motion picture originally released in 1953 by United Artists; re-released as a videotape in 1989 by MGM/UA Home Video, Culver City, California. A Romulus Production. Director: John Huston. Director of photography: Oswald Morris.
- Choreography: William Chappell. Music: Georges Auric. Screenplay: Anthony Veiller and John Huston, after Pierre La Mure's novel Moulin Rouge. Art direction: Paul Sheriff. Scenery/costumes: Marcel Vertès.
- Performer (note)
- José Ferrer (Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec), Zsa Zsa Gabor (Jane Avril), Colette Marchand (Marie Charlet), Suzanne Flon (Myriamme), Katherine Kath (La Goulue), Walter Crisham (Valentin le désossé), Muriel Smith (Aicha), Tutti Lemkow (Aicha's partner), Rupert John (Chocolat), and others.
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-1559
- ISBN
- 0792800656
- OCLC
- 81893426
- NYPY936036260-F
- Title
- Moulin Rouge [videorecording]
- Imprint
- 1953.
- Cast
- José Ferrer (Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec), Zsa Zsa Gabor (Jane Avril), Colette Marchand (Marie Charlet), Suzanne Flon (Myriamme), Katherine Kath (La Goulue), Walter Crisham (Valentin le désossé), Muriel Smith (Aicha), Tutti Lemkow (Aicha's partner), Rupert John (Chocolat), and others.
- Local Subject
- Child dancers.
- Added Author
- Ferrer, José, 1912-1992. ActorMarchand, Colette. ActorGabor, Zsa Zsa, 1917-2016. ActorLemkow, Tutte, 1918-1991. PerformerKath, Katherine. PerformerSmith, Muriel, 1923-1985. PerformerJohn, Rupert. PerformerCrisham, Walter. PerformerHuston, John, 1906-1987, film director.Vertès, Marcel, 1895-1961. Designer. Costume designerAuric, Georges, 1899-1983. ComposerChappell, William, 1907-1994, choreographer.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-1559