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.
Monday, July 7, 2014
Go West, Young Lady
That's Ann Miller fronting the cancan dancers in this 1941 film.
The costumes look like re-runs from the 1934 Merry Widow, but that's not a bad thing. However, the cancan plays a definite second fiddle to Ms. Miller's routine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN-odoriZCY
The photo is from an EBay auction by sfxarchive:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1941-Ann-Miller-GO-WEST-YOUNG-LADY-Dance-Number-Chorus-Girls-Oversized-Photo-/161261313177?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item258bec5c99
sfxarchive has an extensive collection of vintage photos. See more at:
http://stores.ebay.com/sfxarchive?_trksid=p2047675.l2563
There is another sequence in which Ms. Miller dances in a short saloon girl skirt. Some spinning, but no cancan there. She is able to tap dance in boots and spurs though. A link to a fuzzy video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3TJvZb4UFU
Here are some photos and some posters that promise more than the film delivers:
Additional photo sources:
http://get.tv/sites/default/files/getTV_IOTW_ann-miller_trivia-3.jpg
http://myfavoritewesterns.com/tag/ann-miller/
http://www.benitomovieposter.com/catalog/images/movieposter/amazona-enamorada-img-5442.jpg
http://aeif.scalemodel.net/fsid.aspx?id=221481566214&sid=0&c=60312
http://www.amazon.com/Young-Original-Still-Strayer-Singleton/dp/B008SFJ654
http://forum.westernmovies.fr/viewtopic.php?t=7682
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1941-Candid-Ann-Miller-Go-West-Young-Lady-PHOTO-4n-/200398816535
http://get.tv/sites/default/files/getTV_IOTW_ann-miller_trivia-4.jpg
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