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Can-Can

1960 film by Walter Lang
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Can-Can

Summary

Can-Can is a film[1]. Can-Can ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (236 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Can-Can received the Grammy Award for Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television[3].
  • Can-Can's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • Can-Can was directed by Walter Lang[5].
  • Dorothy Kingsley wrote the screenplay for Can-Can[6].
  • Abe Burrows wrote the screenplay for Can-Can[7].
  • Charles Lederer wrote the screenplay for Can-Can[8].
  • Can-Can's composer is recorded as Cole Porter[9].
  • Can-Can's composer is recorded as Nelson Riddle[10].
  • Can-Can's genre is musical film[11].
  • Can-Can's based on is recorded as Can-Can[12].
  • A cast member of Can-Can was Frank Sinatra[13].
  • A cast member of Can-Can was Shirley MacLaine[14].
  • A cast member of Can-Can was Maurice Chevalier[15].
  • A cast member of Can-Can was Louis Jourdan[16].
  • A cast member of Can-Can was Juliet Prowse[17].
  • A cast member of Can-Can was Marcel Dalio[18].
  • A cast member of Can-Can was Eugene Borden[19].
  • A cast member of Can-Can was Jean Del Val[20].
  • A cast member of Can-Can was Leon Belasco[21].
  • A cast member of Can-Can was Maurice Marsac[22].
  • A cast member of Can-Can was Nestor Paiva[23].
  • A cast member of Can-Can was Ann Codee[24].
  • Can-Can was produced by Jack Cummings[25].
  • Can-Can was produced by Saul Chaplin[26].
  • Can-Can was performed by Cole Porter[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Soundtrack[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b3b788b9-01dd-4700-910c-9ee555c8a9f7[29]

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Authorship and Creation

Can-Can was performed by Cole Porter[27]. Producers include Jack Cummings[25] and Saul Chaplin[26]. Can-Can was directed by Walter Lang[5]. Screenwriters include Dorothy Kingsley[6], Abe Burrows[7], and Charles Lederer[8]. Cast members include Frank Sinatra[13], Shirley MacLaine[14], Maurice Chevalier[15], Louis Jourdan[16], Juliet Prowse[17], and Marcel Dalio[18].

Publication

Can-Can was released on January 1, 1960[30]. The original language of Can-Can was English[31]. Can-Can's genre is musical film[11]. Can-Can was distributed by video on demand[32].

Reception

Can-Can received the Grammy Award for Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television[3].

Why It Matters

Can-Can ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (236 views/month).[2] Can-Can has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Can-Can is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

FAQs

What awards did Can-Can receive?

Honors received include Grammy Award for Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television[3].

Related Entities

Cole Porter film Frank Sinatra Louis Jourdan Maurice Chevalier Netflix Shirley MacLaine United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . nordicposters.com. Retrieved . nordicposters.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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