Lady for a Night

The dancers show a little leg for a publicity shot.

Found at the Tumblr blog of Valentino Vamp:

http://www.valentinovamp.com/post/8114026618

This film has a very nice cancan performance in it.  Worth seeing or recording if you get the chance,

Moulin Rouge - 1920s

Found at:

http://pinterest.com/pin/41728734017830144/

Lady for a Night

A dancer from Lady for a Night entices the Duke.  The original photo and more information about the film can be found at:

http://moviesdvdnewreleases.com/lady-for-a-night-1942.html

Merry Christmas!

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/2012/12/merry-christmas.html

Beautiful but Dangerous

Gina Lollobrigida in a cancanesque number for the film "Beautiful but Dangerous" from 1955.  Not a real cancan, but Lollo is worth watching.

From the Opera Gloves website:

http://www.operagloves.com/

This picture is at:

http://www.operagloves.com/Superstars/GinaLollobrigida/ginalollobrigida-bbdcancandance103.jpg

More at:

http://www.operagloves.com/Superstars/GinaLollobrigida/gina3.html

And you can replace "gina3" in the above link with "gina" through "gina12" for more, with many being duplicates.  I stopped at 12, but there are even more pages.

Le Divan Japonais

The dancers are only in the background unfortunately.

From the Tips images site:

http://www.tipsimages.it/

The description given is:

"Night in tribute to ToulouseLautrec on october 3, 1952 at Le Divan Japonais in Paris : french actress Arlette Poirier surrounded by models with the Belle Epoque hairstyle and French Cancan dancers."

Shades of Earl Carroll

Earl Carroll was a Broadway and Hollywood producer of musical shows.  I can't date the above article, which was posted on this Tumblr blog:

http://tetra4.tumblr.com/post/25343662960/shades-of-earl-carroll-vanities-la-nightclub  

More about Earl Carroll:

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

Moulin Rouge - Las Vegas

The Smithsonian website has an article about the Moulin Rouge, the first integrated casino in Las Vegas, which featured the Tropi Can Can revue:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Vegas-Hotspot-That-Broke-All-the-Rules-183849101.html#

I recall that Life  Magazine had a cover featuring another photo of the dancers.

Monsieur Verdoux

I hadn't previously realized that Charlie Chaplin's "Monsieur Verdoux" included a cancan performance, however brief.  This excerpt is from a full version of the film that is available on You Tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uPEyMz_pDg

I was alerted to it by some publicity photos and video captures from the following site:

http://charliechaplin.com/

See:

http://photo.charliechaplin.com/images/photos/0000/1364/mv_pub_49_big.jpg

http://photo.charliechaplin.com/images/photos/0000/1365/mv_pub_51_big.jpg

http://photo.charliechaplin.com/images/photos/0000/1366/mv_pub_71_big.jpg

http://photo.charliechaplin.com/images/photos/0000/1336/mv_p_165_big.jpg

http://photo.charliechaplin.com/images/photos/0000/1337/mv_p_166_big.jpg

It would be nice to have the out-takes and cuts from this.

Maid's Night Out

A little manufactured notalgia courtesy of Burlesque Cardiff and their Little Bit of History Repeating Revue.  Here we have a maid in pre-cancan mode or perhaps just swing dancing.  In either case she is giving a shocking glimpse of stocking. 

See the original and other burlesque photos of the revue from Burlesque Cardiff at:

http://www.youjam.org/burlesque/?p=62

Bal Tabarin - "Le Merveilleux Cancan"

The Bal Tabarin dancers pose for a photo for a souvenir collection for a revue called "Le Merveilleux Cancan" from the 1940's.
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This is from an EBay auction which features other photos from the Bal Tabarin souvenir booklet:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/160928161197

Come hither

If I'm not mistaken, I believe these are the cancan girls backing Merle Oberon's Kitty Langley in "The Lodger"  with a none too subtle message.

From the blog of A l'intérieur du Jardin Secret:

http://vigorton2.tumblr.com/post/21714427256

where you can see the full-sized original.

For some additional photos from The Lodger go to:

http://barbebleu.tumblr.com/search/the+lodger

Lamberth Walk

Morley college girls "Aiding" the old folks of Lamberth, who look like this was just the thing they needed.  This photo was offered in an EBay auction, which you can see from the watermarks.   Check it out.  The url is:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1954-Press-Photo-Richard-Hemp-Walter-Brown-Volette-Fifi-Can-Can-Morley-College-/350660012792?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item51a4f72af8

The original description from the auction is:

"This is an original press photo. "Montmartre" comes to Lamberth: The "Can Can" is the centre of attraction. Everything was in French style this afternoon at the Lamberth Town Hall - during the festivities planned by the Old People Welfare Association and the Old People's Housing Society in aid of the Association and the Society. The main attraction was the demonstration of the "Can Can". Photo shows Richard Hemp aged 87 with behind him Walter Brown 56 both of Lamberth are greatly interested in the demonstration of the "Can Can" by Morley College Students - Volette (left) from Shepherd's Bush and "FIFI" from St. Pancreas - this afternoon.Photo measures 8 x 10.25inches. Photo is dated 05-05-1954."

Bal Tabarin, I think

A clsssic, provided courtesy of Dave Elton, who originally located this photo on the Web.

Purity Pursued

High times at Rice University (Rice Institute) in 1947, as these students performed in the show, "Purity Pursued".  They may be pretty, but they're probably smart as a whip too or they wouldn't be there.

See the original posting at:

http://ricehistorycorner.com/2012/12/12/purity-pursued-1947-plus-rice-fight-never-dies/