Merle Oberon - The Lodger - Retrospective

An old favorite - the first cancan I ever saw.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/SzFxcnquYbm7d8hy5

The Lodger

Available at:

http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-merle-oberon-the-lodger-1944-30952925.html

Merle Oberon - The Lodger

A close-up of the very beautiful Merle Oberon from "The Lodger".  This is available as a poster or photographic print from All Posters:

http://www.allposters.com/-sp/The-Lodger-Merle-Oberon-1944-Posters_i9338196_.htm?aid=1415699673&DestType=7

See also:

http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Actress-Merle-Oberon-Dancing-the-Parisian-Trot-in-the-Movie-The-Lodger-Posters_i8520578_.htm

http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Actress-Merle-Oberon-Dancing-the-Parisian-Trot-in-the-Movie-The-Lodger-Posters_i8521928_.htm

See much more of Ms. Oberon's cancan at:

http://classiccancan.blogspot.com/search?q=lodger
(See also the links cited therein, particularly:  http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/MgEPKeywBiXOjA?hl=en#!browse:f.text=lodger&q.openId=date&hl=en  )

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/

Merle Oberon - The Lodger

Another photo of Merle Oberson in the "Parisian Trot" number from "The Lodger".  This is from a JP - The Mint auction on EBay, where you can buy the original:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GY436-Photo-MERLE-OBERON-The-Lodger-1944-/331022118365?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item4d1274addd

JP-The Mint has an extensive collection of vintage photos:

http://stores.ebay.com/Jay-Parrinos-The-Mint-LLC?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

Google Cultural Institute

There is a new research tool available for classic images - Google Cultural Institute.  The photo above of Merle Oberon dancing the "Parisian Trot" is from a set of publicity photos taken in September 1943 by John Florea  for a  Life Magazine article about her dancing the cancan in The Lodger.  It is included in the Life Magazine collection contained in the Cultural Institute.   Some of these photos have been available otherwise, but others, like the one above, have not been.

There are 23 photos of Ms. Oberon in this set, including just a few you probably have seen before.  The link to the Oberon photos is:

http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/MgEPKeywBiXOjA?hl=en#!browse:f.text=lodger&q.openId=date&hl=en

The search function at the top of that page will lead you to other items of interest.

The Google Cultural Institute has a wide variety of material about many different subjects.  The project is described at:

http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/about/

The Lodger

Merle Oberon demonstrates the "Parisian Trot" as she makes her way between rows of cancan dancers as Jack the Ripper becomes increasingly outraged in the audience.

This photo was found on The Bourne Legacy blog:

http://thebourne-legacy.blogspot.com/2011/04/the-lodger-friedhofer-bellwood-herbert.html