Cheesecake

I know it's not really a cancan, but I couldn't resist posting it.  See the original at the Simply Sassy/Retrogirly blog at:

http://retrogirly.tumblr.com/post/62303642039

The home page of the Simply Sassy/Retrogirly blog, which has an extensive collection of cheesecake, glamour, and risque photos, with some nudity,  is:

http://retrogirly.tumblr.com/

Alexis Smith

Alexis Smith in a perfectly photographed spin.  I've already reblogged this over at Tumblr, but it belongs here too because of the time period and because it is such a great image.  The photographer is not indentified.

You can see the original at the Simply Sassy/Retrogirly Tumblr blog, which has a very nice collection of images - cheesecake, glamour, risque, with some nudity.

See this photo at;

http://retrogirly.tumblr.com/post/57922041848/alexis-smith

And the Simply Sassy/Retrogirly blog at:

http://retrogirly.tumblr.com/

I recall another full-out Alexis Smith spinning photo in Life magazine - I believe in an Hungarian costume.  I don't know if it is available online.

Historie

A timeless photo from the Czech rajce.idnes.cz site of Divadlo Hanacke Obce (Hanacke theater Community) showing nostalgic photos from their prior productions.  The particular show is not identified.

http://dho.rajce.idnes.cz/z_historie

An Exceptional Photo

One of the better classic period photos I have seen.  It appears to be of dancers from one of the Paris shows of the 1940s-50s, but I am not sure which one.

This comes from the Simply Sassy/retrogirly Tumblr blog:

http://retrogirly.tumblr.com/post/61899702257

I have reblogged it there at my own Tumblr page, but it deserves a place here too perhaps more than there.

The Simplay Sassy/retrogirly Tumblr has a great collection of cheescake, glamour and risque photos, with some nudity.  The home page is:

http://retrogirly.tumblr.com/

Graphic Novel?

The familar photo rendered in black and white for this magazine.  From an EBay auction.

Two Sisters from Boston

As I recall this film features a minor cancan scene.  From the Pettipond:

http://www.pettipond.com/laterimages/froufilms/t/two_sisters_from_boston_lobby.jpg

Reflections

This must be from a Busby Berkeley film or at least an imitation.  Not a cancan, but not too far off and an interesting idea that produced a neat photo.  This is from a Tumblr blog, but unfortunately I have lost the cite.

Nana 1926 by Jean Renoir

'French Cancan' wasn't Jean Renoir's first exposition of the cancan.  The film "Nana" from the 1920s also includes one, albeit quaint.

This photo is available on auction.fr:

http://www.auction.fr/UK/result_details.php?saleId=23405&lotId=4613839

Folies Bergère, 1952

From a EBay auction by Photo Vintage France:

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Estel-Folies-Bergere-1952-vintage-silver-print-provenance-les-archives-des-Fo-/350658643051?pt=FR_SK_dvd_Photo&hash=item51a4e2446b

See their EBay store for more vintage French images:

http://stores.ebay.fr/photovintagefrance

A Great Photo

Danseuse de French Cancan, c1930 (Murray Korman)

Reblogged from the Tumblr pages of Laura McPhee who has assembled a wonderful collection of museum quality female images from the 1920s through the 1970s, predominantly in black and white. Worth a visit! 

 http://lauramcphee.tumblr.com/post/61628376034/danseuse-de-french-cancan-c1930-murray-korman

http://lauramcphee.tumblr.com/

This photo is the work of Murray Korman. It's a fantastic image. I'm not able to identify the dancer to any particular show - Moulin Rouge, Bal Tabarin, etc. 

The photo is on offer at auction.fr: 

http://www.auction.fr/UK/result_details.php?saleId=23405&lotId=4613841

I have reblogged this already at Tumblr, but it is such a nice classic image that I thought it belonged here too.

The pose reminds me of one of the "Bal Tabarin" set from several decades earlier:

Frilly Knickers

Her underpinnings would be suitable for a cancan, which this is not.  Another cool image from Historic Images:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/370697932860?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2648

Historic Images is an excellent source for period entertainment photos of all sorts as well as a wide variety of, as their name indcates, historic images. Their store is at:

http://stores.ebay.com/historicimagesstore

A Cancan Kick

It's not a cancan per se, but that's a cancan kick.  This photo is available in an EBay auction:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/110868269091?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2648

Historic Images is an excellent source for period entertainment photos of all sorts as well as a wide variety of, as their name indcates, historic images. Their store is at:

http://stores.ebay.com/historicimagesstore

Toulouse Lautrec

 

The caption: "Toulouse Lautrec in the Moulin Rouge."

See the original and buy a high res version at the site of Argenta Images:

https://www.argentaimages.com/media/image/q/cancan

Argenta Images has a large stock of period photos of all categories:

https://www.argentaimages.com/pages/home

http://stores.ebay.com/bigassphotos2010

Seattle's Barclay Girls Above it All

Let's hope none of them had vertigo.  Another interesting photo offered by Historic Images.

This auction is at:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/350782061637?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2648

Historic Images is an excellent source for period entertainment photos of all sorts as well as a wide variety of, as their name indcates, historic images. Their store is at:

http://stores.ebay.com/historicimagesstore

An Iconic Image

It started life as a 1950's record album cover but has been adapted many times.  I like this charcoal version, which appears at this Russian site:

http://pro100-mica.livejournal.com/25439.html?thread=619615

Visit this site to see a very nice collection of Parisian posters and artwork, some of which you probably haven't seen before.

Dancing at the Don Juan

The caption: "The Tough Can-Can: Ilonka, with 'high-kick retalned' and her two partners down in a splits at the end of her solo. Dancing at the Don Juan: Ilonka Nagy, Helene Doret, Monique Tanguy."
I'm not sure what or where the Don Juan was.

See the original and buy a high res version at the site of Argenta Images:

https://www.argentaimages.com/media/image/q/cancan

Argenta Images has a large stock of period photos of all categories:

https://www.argentaimages.com/pages/home

http://stores.ebay.com/bigassphotos2010

Emma Kisch

 

A ballerina branches out.  A modern b&w photo posted on Instagram by Emma Kisch, a dancer at the Copenhagen City Ballet:

http://statigr.am/p/532712620648888127_318877364

More about Ms. Kisch on Instgram:

http://statigr.am/emmakisch

Del Can Can al Mambo

An old favorite classic Mexican film, Del Can Can al Mambo, starring Rosita Fornes has appeared in a new high resolution version at You Tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNfops-fb2A

The cancan appears at 19:30.  Be sure to switch to 720p.

Mary Lee

  

 

This photo, which dates from 1940, is available at an EBay auction.  It identifies the very flexible dancer as Mary Lee.  It was taken by Reprograph Studios in the UK, so presumably she was English..

 

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/photo-danseuse-de-cabaret-vers-1930-grand-ecart-Mary-Lee-cira-sexy-danse-/271254139956?pt=FR_SK_dvd_Photo&hash=item3f2801b434

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Old West Festival

Taken at an old west festival.  See the original, posted and presumably taken by Haley Chafin, at:

http://statigr.am/p/283477037903555465_41803625

Days of '98 Show

A photo of the dancers of the Days of '98 Show from the 1960s.

See more old Alaska at the site of the Alaska Historical Society:

http://www.alaskahistoricalsociety.org/index.cfm/discover-alaska/Alaskana/39

Northwestern University - Waa-Waa-Hoo 1942

From an Historic Images auction on EBbay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1942-Press-Photo-Can-Can-Mage-Weldy-June-Otley-Gayle-/390653381967?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item5af4c18d4f

Historic Images is an excellent source for period entertainment photos of all sorts as well as a wide variety of, as their name indcates, historic images. Their store is at:

http://stores.ebay.com/historicimagesstore

Grandma before she was a grandma

Great memories shared by Kallefornia67:

http://statigr.am/p/536234650117907968_181615552

Dixie Evans

But can she dance?  Actually, yes.

This photo is from the Paris, ses cabarets et les Can-can Girls Pinterest blog of Isabelle Masse:

http://pinterest.com/imasse/paris-ses-cabarets-et-les-can-can-girls/

This photo is at:

http://pinterest.com/pin/534943261959231077/

Ms. Evans had a long career as a burlesque dancer and entertainer, which you can read about at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Evans

Tobacco Card

From an EBay auction of 1920s French music hall photocards that were originally included in cigar boxes sold by Trinidad & Hno, a Cuban cigar manufacturer.  More details about the cards and some other non-cancan examples can be seen at the following auction, where you can buy the cards:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-Photographs-ORIGINAL-1920s-Paris-Cancan-Cabaret-Performers-Actors-/121167322361?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item1c36229cf9

Under Arrest?

 

Some motorcycle gendarmes flirt with these cancan girls from one of the Paris clubs.  See and/or buy the original at this French EBay auction by photovintagefrance:

 

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Les-motocyclistes-de-la-Prefecture-accompagnes-par-les-danseuses-de-French-Canca-/350834706091?pt=FR_SK_dvd_Photo&hash=item51af60c6ab

 

See photovintagefrance's store, which has a huge stock of vintage photos, at:

 

http://stores.ebay.fr/photovintagefrance

 

So, there may be a precedent for the cancan girls at the Universal Studios theme park who arrive on Vespas.

Parade

A French parade from 1958.

See the original at Del Campe:

http://www.delcampe.net/page/item/id,228350853,var,Photo-presse-1958-Grande-fete-enfantine-au-Jardin-dacclimatation-pour-la-fete-des-meres-Arrivee-danseuses-de-cancan,language,E.html

Dinah Shore vs. the Hoop Skirt

Dinah Shore in a couple of cancanesque cheesecake photos presumably taken during the 1940s, when she was still more of a starlet than a star. 

You can see the originals of these and another photo from the same shoot at the Pettipond:

http://www.pettipond.com/laterimages/image_ce/dinahshore/index.html

More about Dinah Shore:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_Shore

Classic Moulin Rouge

Another late classic photo from the Moulin Rouge's site which, along with a number of other photos from the Moulin Rouge's long history, can be seen at:

http://www.moulinrouge.fr/history/periods?lang=en

This is from the revue Frisson, which played from 1965-67.

Le Bresilien

A photo of Dario Moreno, who had a lock on the role of Le Brésilien in La Vie Parisienne for many years, cavorting with his cancan girls.

This is from tips, an Italian images site, which has many period photos for sale.

You can find tips at:

http://tipsimages.it/

This photo and a few more of Mr. Moreno mugging for the camera and even dancing with Brigette Bardot are at:

http://tipsimages.it/Search/Search_Editorial.asp?imid=1039274&or_h=h&or_v=v&or_s=s&or_p=p&tp_f=f&tp_i=i&tp_c=c&ps_1=1&ps_2=2&ps_3=3&ps_g=g&foid=44&cl_c=c&cl_bw=bw&ched=ed&LAID=2&SRCV=Dario&IMTP=5&

A search will bring up more cancan photos.

You can see and hear Mr. Moreno in action in this role, unfortunately sans cancan girls, at:

https://www.youtube.com/results?q=la+vie+parisienne+dario+moreno&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.51156542,d.aWc,pv.xjs.s.en_US._-554IbEZc0.O&biw=1062&bih=482&wrapid=tlif137753474322710&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=w1

Another video of the finale with the cancan girls but with a different Bresilen,  Ricardo Cassinelli (be patient):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmD2GELg_V8