Temporary Hiatus

I won't be able to post for a while.  Hopefully, I will resume in a week or so.  BB

The Sophie Newcomb Cancan Dancers

 

A nostalgic photo of a cancan performed by students of Sophie Newcomb College (affiliated with and later merged into Tulane University).  From The History of Newcomb Women Pinterest blog:

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/73465037644292444/

http://www.pinterest.com/ncitulane/the-history-of-newcomb-women/

Folies Bergere - Tropicana 1959

From an EBay auction by Historic Images:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1959-Press-Photo-Follies-Bergere-european-showgirls-dance-/350939095069?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item51b599a01d

See Historic Images' extensive collection of vintage photos at:

http://stores.ebay.com/historicimages-store?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

Another Spinning Star - Ann Miller

 

While on the subject  of spins by stars, here is a photo of Ann Miller (as a blonde) executing one in something called "Priorities on Parade".  This is available from Starlight-Collectibles:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ann-Miller-Original-1960s-TV-Promo-Photo-Priorities-on-Parade-Dancing-/350708782489?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51a7df5599

 

Starlight-Collectibles' store, with many more notalgic, photos  is:

 

http://stores.ebay.com/Starlight-Collectibles?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

Eleanor Powell - the Spin

 

These aren't cancan images, but spinning is one of the many steps in our favorite dance, and these are some nice examples.  Here Eleanor Powell shows she hadn't lost it even into the 1950s and 1960s, when these photos were taken.  See the originals at:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1950-Eleanor-Powell-Actress-Polka-Dot-Bikini-Dress-Dance-Posing-Press-Photo-/111064265901?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item19dbf234ad

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1962-Eleanor-Powell-Actress-White-Dress-Tap-Dance-Hollywood-Press-Photo-/360647823380?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item53f8491014

Both photos are available from Argenta Images, which has a large stock of nostalgic images of all types for sale.  You can visit them at:

http://stores.ebay.com/Argenta-Images03?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

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

http://www.argentaarchive.com/

The only actual cancan I know of featuring Ms. Powell is this little gem:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5e6RhQViwA

Re: Guest Post: LCCB - Day 2 Gallery and a Sepia Preview

Le Flatline didn't have to hi-jack this blog for his posting. Anyone who has taken the time to join and is a member ("author" in Blogger parlance) can post at Club CCD. Please do so. Some variety and different perspectives would be nice.

Barbebleu

Spinning

 

Will she ever get dizzy?  This nice spinning gif is from wifflegif:

http://wifflegif.com/gifs/439781-gaslight-can-can-gif

I believe the dancer may be from Gaslight (1940).

Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for the Holiday Season!

Have a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy new year!  Barbebleu

Image from Nuovo of Italy (re-purposed from an Enoch Bolles illustration):

http://www.ebay.it/itm/Retro-Vintage-Kitsch-Burlesque-Can-Can-Pinup-Christmas-Card-Pack-of-5-/181277313418?pt=UK_Health_Beauty_Make_Up_Cosmetics_Foundation_PP&hash=item2a34f8498a

Mari Blanchard in "Destry"

"You can get a man if you can can."  A black and white publicity still from "Destry" showing Mari Blanchard and the chorus.

This is from an EBay auction by trebla12:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mari-Blanchard-leggy-ladies-VINTAGE-Photo-Destry-/261018571338?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item3cc5eb524a

See trebla12's EBay store, with lots of other vintage glamour photos, at:

http://stores.ebay.com/trebla12-Vintage-Photos-etc?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

Bal Tabarin

The dancers of Bal Tabarin descending the on-stage staircase in "Plaisirs de France".  This is from an EBay auction of a program from the revue.  Unfortunately, I have lost the link.

Raising Skirts and Funds

 A long ago photo from a fundraising event for a kindergarten in New Zealand.

See the original at:

http://assets2.kidsfirst.co.nz/assets/fundraising-cancan_N.jpg

http://www.kidsfirst.co.nz/Beryl-McCombs-History-__I.10876__N.10

Guest Post: LCCB - Day 2 Gallery and a Sepia Preview

Howdy.  Le Flatline here, momentarily hijacking this blogerroo to let you know that the rest of the Dickens Fair 2013 photos are on the Intertubes:

http://stiffshots.smugmug.com/Events/Historical-Reenactment/Dickens-Fair-2013-Day-2

The photo example above (featuring, big surprise, some of Le Cancan Bijou) was a quickie sepia conversion - and actually something of a "parting gift" before I hopped on the plane back to New Jersey.  One of my goals over the last coupla years was to get a shot of LCCB lounging on top of the bar at Mad Sal's, and as luck would have it I wandered past just at the right moment.

So say hello to (from left) Cindy Lu, Vanessa River Yakabovich, "new girl" Meredith Sherwin, Barbara Pond, and Lizzie Lovelace - favorites all, and (with Meredith's addition) five of the reasons I make that transcontinental jaunt to San Francisco every December.

Le Flatline

LCCB - More B&W Photos

 

Four more neat black and white photos of Le Cancan Bijou in performance at the 2013 Dickens Fair taken by micadew.  See the originals at:

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/micadew/11442465565

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/micadew/11442561796

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/micadew/11428023956

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/micadew/11427988966

 

See more of her work in her photostream at:

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/micadew/

 

For a comprehensive photographic record of the event in color see the great photos taken by Le Flatline at:

 

http://stiffshots.smugmug.com/Events/Historical-Reenactment/Dickens-Fair-2013-Day-1

Norma Jean Curry

I'm not sure who Norma Jean Curry is, but she certainly has a very appealing smile in this modern photo from Argenta Images offered on EBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Norma-Curry-dance-Press-Photo-/231022260017?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item35c9ffef31

Argenta Images has a very large stock of nostalgic photos, including the Rogers Photo Archive. See their store and other photos at:

http://stores.ebay.com/Argenta-Images04?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

Ethel Mertz does the Cancan!

Who knew what a latent sex kitten Lucy's neighbor and pal, Ethel, was.  Vivian Vance, who played Ethel, does a cancan in this photo, which is offered on EBay by Argenta Images.  It can be yours at;

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-Vivian-Vance-Singing-Dancing-Press-Photo-79-/190890623887?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item2c71f7c38f

Argenta Images has a very large stock of nostalgic photos, including the Rogers Photo Archive.  See their store and other photos at:

http://stores.ebay.com/Argenta-Images04?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

The Stolen Airship (Ukradená vzducholod)

Dancing on air; a misstep could be fatal  This is a still or videocapture from the 1967 Czech film, Ukradená vzducholod, and shows cancan girls dancing on a platform suspended from an airship.  Here's the write up:

http://monstermoviemusic.blogspot.com/2013/05/ukradena-vzducholod-stolen-airship-1967.html

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

There is a video on You Tube.  I'm not sure if what is shown in it is the entire cancan scene or just a brief excerpt:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq-PG1AEnhs

It looks like the dancers actually were dancing on a suspended platform of some sort - brave girls.

Thanks to mythology000 for the link that led to the discovery of this image.

LCCB - A Preview of Coming Attractions

 

While eagerly awaiting Le Flatline's trove of pictures of Le Cancan Bijou and other attractions of the Dickens Fair, here's a striking couplet of black and white photos taken by micadew at this year's event and posted at Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/micadew/11316428405/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/micadew/11316526054/

Earl Mossman's Cancan Girls

Earl Mossman's cancan girls.  From a series of EBay auctions:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-8x10-Photo-Earl-Mossmans-Can-Can-Dancing-Girls-Portland-m25308-/121228164775?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item1c39c2fea7

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-8x10-Photo-Can-Can-Earl-Mossmans-Showgirls-dancing-Portland-m25300-/111231136751?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item19e5e473ef

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-8x10-Photo-Showgirls-dancing-Can-Can-Portland-OR-m25299-/111231136918?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item19e5e47496

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-8x10-Photo-Gorgeous-Showgirls-line-of-dancers-Can-Can-m25231-/111231834568?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item19e5ef19c8

http://www.ebay.com/itm/8x10-Photo-Burlesque-dancers-Earl-Mossmans-Can-Can-showgirls-m25346-/111232413517?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item19e5f7ef4d

The dancers are not identified; the photographer was Allan J. de Lay of "The Oregonian" newspaper.  Earl Mossman, the "Mayor of Broadway",  was evidently a Portland show business personality of the 1930s - 1950s, with a hint of scandal attached.

http://www.pdxhistory.com/html/portland_radio.html

http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/sayre&CISOPTR=13287&CISOBOX=1&REC=4

The Eyes of Texas

The Eyes of Texas are upon .... the derrieres of the 1953 Kilgore Rangerettes as they "show the flag" and quite a bit more.

Not a cancan but quite a flash.

From the Tumblr blog of denisebefore:

http://denisebefore.tumblr.com/post/64522914146/greetings-from-the-rangerettes-walker-1953

Moulin Rouge

An article from a French magazine. Posted at Tumblr by wildchildadventurer:

http://www.tumblr.com/search/cancan/recent

All Smiles

 

This blurry photo of four unidentified dancers striking the classic pose for the camera appears to date from the 50s or early 60s.  You can get a larger sharper copy from Poster Parade:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.530703346980525.1073741829.461880220529505&type=1

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Poster-Parade/461880220529505

Moulin Rouge 1960s

 

A fantastic photo of a Moulin Rouge dancer from the classic period taken by Nico Jesse.  See the original at:

http://mimbeau.tumblr.com/post/69271625288/french-cancan-moulin-rouge-paris-1960s-nico

http://minus1kidney.tumblr.com/post/69364020753/mimbeau-french-cancan-moulin-rouge-paris

About Nico Jesse:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nico-Jesse-Photographer-Photography/112314495459970

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nico-Jesse-Photographer-Photography/112314495459970?id=112314495459970&sk=info

Mimbeau(Chamade) has a great collection of period photos of Paris:

http://mimbeau.tumblr.com/archive

The Hills are Alive

How to enliven "The Sound of Music".  The dancer is identified as Ann Peters, who could be the same actress who was featured in "The Immoral Mr. Teas".  See the original at the No One's Nemesis and the Simply Sassy blogs:

http://noonesnemesis.tumblr.com/post/65724504998/retrogirly-ann-peters

http://retrogirly.tumblr.com/post/64889031674/ann-peters

Ann Peters, the actress:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676323/

Is that a draft I feel?

From the Show Biz Friends Website:

http://www.showbizfriends.com/index.php?categoryid=45&p2_articleid=117

http://www.showbizfriends.com/index.php?categoryid=43&p2_articleid=116

This photo is from Fudge & Gerry's Can-Can, a show at the Palace Theatre at Westcliff on Sea in 1966.

The Show Biz Friends site looks like it could be a resource but requires registration as a professional performer to see most of the content.

Tillie's Can-Can

 

Tillie's Cancan is the cancan act of The Show Performance Company.  These are a couple of modern black and white photos from their Facebook site.

"The Show Performance Company are renouned for their energetic & world class Can-Can. It can add sparkle to any occasion & is sure to get the best out of any crowd. The Show Performance Company has had the pleasure of performing this routine at some of the UK's top Cabaret Clubs: including The Dorchester, Hoxton Hall, Proud Cabaret & The Pigalle Club.

The Moulin Rouge...
Traditional Authentic Can-Can
Theme & Bespoke Can-Can
i.e; Saloon Girls, Pirates, Modern Can-Can with acrobats & tricks"

See their sites and many more photos at:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tillies-Can-Can/427403420697204?id=427403420697204&sk=info

http://www.theshow-performancecompany.co.uk/#!cancan

The Lodger - The Parisian Trot

Merle Oberon and the chorus in another photo of the well-known Parisian Trot number from "The Lodger".  This is from a review site, Basement Rejects, where it garnered an 8.5 out of 10:

http://basementrejects.com/review/the-lodger-1944/

Gsovsky Ballett

The Gsovsky Ballett performing at the Wintergarten in Berlin 1939. Photographed by Willy Pragher.  Originals at the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek website that in turn comes from the holdings of the Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg.

The links are:

https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/P3VXKNJYOCRQVQUVRVPUOYRXKBWBKSFN?viewType=list&offset=220&query=wintergarten&rows=20&firstHit=C4TUDTUG3THJAY7477X2D5DUBZVFR3WY&lastHit=lasthit&hitNumber=232

https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/FSAHNR42DS7QBOTHCGC3C5CLJV4LOSPK?viewType=list&offset=220&query=wintergarten&rows=20&firstHit=C4TUDTUG3THJAY7477X2D5DUBZVFR3WY&lastHit=lasthit&hitNumber=231

More about Victor Gsovsky, the founder of the group:

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

Enola Flirt Society

Enola Flirt Society is a Czech dance group that was featured at Club CCD, where you can see a sampling of their color photos and find links to their sites:

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/2013/12/enola-flirt-society.html

There are also some black and white photos at the sites that are nice too, a few of which are shown above.   The last photo qualifies for the, "I'll have what she's having" award.

Else Elster

Else Elster performing at the Wintergarten in 1936.  Photo by Willy Pragher. The original is at the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek website that in turn comes from the holdings of the Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg.

The link is:

https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/I5NI3DYOI4LPTDE5CWWPF5QZCPFEKYBX?viewType=list&offset=120&query=wintergarten&rows=20&firstHit=C4TUDTUG3THJAY7477X2D5DUBZVFR3WY&lastHit=lasthit&hitNumber=136

More about Ms. Elster:

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

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Else_Elster

Moulin Rouge - 1929

From a 1929 German magaine article about the Moulin Rouge posted on the Hold this Photo Tumblr blog.  See the site for additional photos and links to the source:

http://holdthisphoto.tumblr.com/post/68493794694/1929-by-germaine-krull

Little Red Riding Hoods?

Dancers (the Fanchonettes, I think) perform a cancan-like step and show off their frillies in Fanchon & Marco's "Peasant" Idea.  The photo is by Harry Wenger of Los Angeles.

This is from a EBay auction by fotofraulein:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/F0445-Vintage-B-W-Photo-11x14-Lady-Belcher-Dancers-Fanchon-Marco-Peasant-Idea-/141126630099?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item20dbcd7ad3

See fotofraulein's store with many more period photos at:

http://stores.ebay.com/fotofraulein/

Fanchon and Marco were a brother-sister team who produced large stage shows in the 1920s and 30s.  Each production number was called an "Idea".  See their site and this Flickr page for more information and photos:

http://fanchonandmarco.com/Home_Page.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40670707@N05/

For two more similar panty-flashing photos, see:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40670707@N05/4538667511/
(Another F&M photo)

http://classiccancan.blogspot.com/2013/11/scala-hiller-girls.html

Darmora Ballett at the Scala Theater

Another historic photo from the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek website that in turn comes from the holdings of the Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg. The Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek site is located at:

https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/H4UZV3VFYRQYQVB4YKF5L5ZUDGL4S73N?viewType=list&offset=560&query=scala&rows=20&firstHit=PTR5NYGKPMZJZOEAOGEDSYASSABHE3T7&lastHit=lasthit&hitNumber=564

The Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg site where this photo is located is:

https://www2.landesarchiv-bw.de/ofs21/bild_zoom/zoom.php?bestand=20677&id=633431&gewaehlteSeite=05_0000091838_0001_5-91838-1.png&screenbreite=1093&screenhoehe=614

PS:  I should be able to resume posting for a while, sometimes sporadically.