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The owner of Montmartre's most notorious nightspot, the Café Le Bal Du Paradis, Simone Pistache spends a great deal of her time in court, thanks to the banning of that "lewd and lascivious" dance, the Can-Can. So when her nightlife-loving lawyer and boyfriend, François Durnais, refuse...

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Corporate Authors: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, Suffolk-Cummings Productions (Firm), Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Cummings, Jack, 1900-1989, Feuer, Cy, Martin, Ernest H., 1919-1995, Kingsley, Dorothy, Lederer, Charles, 1910-1976, Lang, Walter, 1898-1972, Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998, MacLaine, Shirley, 1934-, Chevalier, Maurice, 1888-1972, Jourdan, Louis, Prowse, Juliet, 1936-1996, Dalio, Marcel, 1900-1983, Belasco, Leon, 1902-1988, Porter, Cole, 1891-1964, Burrows, Abe, 1910-1985
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language Notes:In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish, with English or Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned.
Published: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007]
Series:Marquee musicals.
Subjects:
Women dancers > France > Paris > Drama.
Dance > France > Paris > Drama.
Nightclubs > France > Paris > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > France > Paris > Drama.
Montmartre (Paris, France) > Drama.
Feature films.
Musical films.
Romantic comedy films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:The owner of Montmartre's most notorious nightspot, the Café Le Bal Du Paradis, Simone Pistache spends a great deal of her time in court, thanks to the banning of that "lewd and lascivious" dance, the Can-Can. So when her nightlife-loving lawyer and boyfriend, François Durnais, refuses to settle down and marry her, Simone decides to play up to his rival in romance, Parisian judge Philipe Forrestier, a lovestruck young jurist who's determined to make an honest woman out of her-- one way or the other.
Item Description:Based on the musical comedy by Abe Burrows.
DVD release of the 1960 motion picture.
Special features: "A leg up: the making of 'Can-Can'" featurette; "The classic Cole Porter" featurette; "Book by Burrows: the man who wrote 'Can-Can'" featurette; restoration comparison; original theatrical trailer; still galleries; interactive press book; souvenir program; behind the scenes; production stills; isolated music score.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1; widescreen (2.20:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.0 surround, Dolby Digital mono.; 1 disc dual layer, 1 disc single layer, NTSC.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Director of photography, William H. Daniels ; editor, Robert Simpson ; songs, Cole Porter.