CCD's Classic Cancan Archive. Black and White Cancan Photography from the Golden Age. This specialist gallery brings together the spellbinding work of professional photographers who documented the Cancan during its glory days; from the early thirties through to the late 1960s. Contributions always welcome; Black and White material please.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
The Merry Widow 1934
A neat overhead shot of the Albertina Rasch dancers who appeared as the Grisettes in the 1934 version of The Merry Widow. Sadly, there are not many extant photos of the performance, and the photography in the film itself does not show them off to good effect.
From an EBay auction by bill's_collectibles_store at:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jeanette-Macdonald-Maurice-Chevalier-The-Merry-Widow-8x10-Photo-E13-/281317302950?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item417fd162a6
The bill's_collectibles_store features a large collection of photos:
http://stores.ebay.com/bills-collectibles-store?_trksid=p2047675.l2563
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