Moulin Rouge (Original title)
Dates: 1952 (Copyright), 05 October 1953 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: John Huston
Synopsis: The life of Toulouse-Lautrec.
Genres: Biopic, Historical drama
Subjects: Moulin Rouge, Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901), Artists
Releases
Date: 1953Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 123 mins Length: 10731 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: October 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 119 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Title: Reviews: DVDs: Moulin RougeAuthor: STABLES, Kate Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v14 n10 October 2004 Page: 78
Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v12 n1 January 2002 Page: 60
Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: Video ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v60 n1 Winter 1990/91 Pages: 42-47
Title: Visions of ParisAuthor: DUNANT, Caroline Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Reflections on four films set in the period of 'La Belle Epoque'.
In: Films in Review v4 n3 March 1953 Page: 141
Title: [Films in Review - v4 n3 March 1953: no known title]Language: English
Description: Note on music.
In: Films in Review v4 n3 March 1953 Page: 143
Title: [Films in Review - v4 n3 March 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Theatre Arts v37 n3 March 1953 Page: 84
Title: [Theatre Arts - v37 n3 March 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Music v12 n4 Mar-Apr 1953 Page: 4
Title: [Film Music - v12 n4 Mar-Apr 1953: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Review of music.
In: The Cine-Technician v19 n104 August 1953 Page: 99
Title: [The Cine-Technician - v19 n104 August 1953: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2385 12 Mar 1953 Page: 19
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2385 12 Mar 1953: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Today's Cinema v80 n6697 16 Feb 1953 Page: 3
Title: [Today's Cinema - v80 n6697 16 Feb 1953: no known title]Language: English
Description: Nominated for 7 main awards.
In: Sight and Sound v22 n4 Apr/Jun 1953 Page: 194
Title: [Sight and Sound - v22 n4 Apr/Jun 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v80 n6714 11 Mar 1953 Page: 15
Title: [Today's Cinema - v80 n6714 11 Mar 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v20 n231 April 1953 Page: 48
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v20 n231 April 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: The Picturegoer v25 n925 24 Jan 1953 Page: 13
Title: [The Picturegoer - v25 n925 24 Jan 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v189 n13 27 Dec 1952 Page: 1661
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v189 n13 27 Dec 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: The Film Daily v102 n121 24 Dec 1952 Page: 8
Title: [The Film Daily - v102 n121 24 Dec 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2347 19 Jun 1952 Page: 30
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2347 19 Jun 1952: no known title]Language: English
Description: In production.
In: The Film Daily v102 n82 27 Oct 1952 Page: 1
Title: [The Film Daily - v102 n82 27 Oct 1952: no known title]Language: English
Description: World premiere.
In: Today's Cinema v79 n6540 7 Jul 1952 Page: 34
Title: [Today's Cinema - v79 n6540 7 Jul 1952: no known title]Language: English
Description: In production.
In: Variety 24 Dec 1952
Title: [Variety - 24 Dec 1952: no known title]Language: English
In:
Title: [ - : no known title]
Author: WALKER, John A. Pages: v-viii, 226p.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-593052
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Dates: 1952 (Copyright), 05 October 1953 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: John Huston
Synopsis: The life of Toulouse-Lautrec.
Genres: Biopic, Historical drama
Subjects: Moulin Rouge, Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901), Artists
Releases
Date: 1953Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 123 mins Length: 10731 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: October 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 119 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(58)
©/Presents: Romulus Films, [Production Company]: Moulin Productions, Distribution Controlled by: Independent Film Distributors Ltd., Associate Producer: Jack Clayton, Production Manager: Leigh Aman, Assistant Director: Adrian Pryce-Jones, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: Alec Gibb, [Assistant Director (3rd)]: Jack Green, Continuity: Angela Allen, [Continuity (2nd Unit)]: Splinters Deason, Screenplay by: Anthony Veiller, John Huston, From the novel 'Moulin Rouge' by: Pierre La Mure, Director of Photography: Oswald Morris, Second Unit Cameraman: Cyril Knowles, Special Colour Consultant: Eliot Elisofon, Technicolor Colour Consultant: Joan Bridge, Technicolor Technician: Ian Craig, Camera Operator: Freddie Francis, [Camera Operator (2nd Unit)]: Dudley Lovell, Norman Warwick, [Focus Puller]: Alex Thomson, Eddie Earp, [Stills]: Eric Gray, [Matte Models]: Wally Veevers, Editor: Ralph Kemplen, Special Montage Sequence Devised by: Robert Hessens, [Assistant Editor]: Roy Hyde, Stanley Hawkes, [Assistant Editor (2nd)]: Terry Poulton, Mary Lawes, Art Director: Paul Sheriff, Decor & Costumes by: Marcel Vertes, [Assistant Art Director]: Elven Webb, [Set Dresser]: Jack Stevens, [Draughtsman]: Maurice Fowler, Costume Supervisor: Julia Squire, Miss Gabor's Cost Des and Executed by: Schiaparelli, Make-up: Constance Reeve, Hairdressing: Eileen Bates, Music Composed by: Georges Auric, Lyrics Adapted by: Paul Dehn, Original French Lyric "It's April Again": Jacques Larue, Musical Director: Lambert Williamson, Dances Directed by: William Chappell, Sound Recording: A.E. Rudolph, Sound Recording: E. Law, [Sound Camera Operator]: Ernie Webb, Sound System: Western Electric, [Boom Operator]: Kevin McClory, [Sound Maintenance]: George Stephenson, [Dubbing Crew]: Red Law, Bob Jones, Dubbing Editor: Eric Wood, [Additional Dubbing Editor]: George Fisher, Dialogue Coach: Elsie Foulstone, Filmed at: Shepperton Studios
Cast
(71)
José Ferrer (Henri Toulouse-Lautrec), José Ferrer (Comte de Toulouse-Lautrec), Zsa Zsa Gabor (Jane Avril), Suzanne Flon (Myriamme Hayem), Claude Nollier (Comtesse de Toulouse-Lautrec), Katherine Kath (La Goulue), Muriel Smith (Aicha), Mary Clare (Madame Loubet), Walter Crisham (Valentin le Desosse), Harold Kasket (Zidler), Jim Gerald (Père Cotelle), Georges Lannes (Sergeant Balthazar Patou), Lee Montague (Maurice Joyant), Maureen Swanson (Denise de Frontenac), Tutte Lemkow (Aicha's partner), Jill Bennett (Sarah), Theodore Bikel (King of Serbia), Peter Cushing (Marcel de la Voisier), Charles Carson (Camondo), Walter Cross (.), Colette Marchand (Marie Charlet), Rupert John ([Chocolat]), Francis De Wolff ([Victor]), Michael Balfour ([Dodo]), Christopher Lee ([Seurat]), Jean Landier ([Anquetin]), Robert Le Fort ([Gauzi]), Eric Pohlmann ([bar proprietor]), Moyra Fraser, Hilary Allen, Maria Sanina, Sara Luzita, Sheila Nelson, Aleta Morrison ([CanCan dancer]), Jean Claudio ([drunken reveller]), Suzi Euzaine ([Lorette]), Guy Motschen ([delivery boy]), Victor Tabournot ([maître d'hotel, Pre Catalan]), Friedrich Ledebur ([maître d'hotel, Maxim's]), Fernand Fabre ([general]), George Pastell ([man at first bar]), M. Valerbe ([wine waiter]), Jean Ozenne ([Felix]), Terence O'Regan, Arissa Cooper, Jacques Cey, John Van Dreelen, Jan Val, Jules Maccio, Anthony Gray, David Garth, Raymond Rollett, Everley Gregg, Peter Haddon, Madge Brindley, Donovan Winter, Isabel George, Richard Molinas, Ina De La Haye, René Laplat, Christopher Rhodes, René Poirier, Margaret Maxwell, Hugh Dempster, Charles Perry, Timothy Turner, Michael Seavers, Bernard Rebel, Maria Britnieva, Diane Cilento, Rita Webb ([uncredited])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(22)
In: Sight and Sound v17 n10 October 2007 Page: 87Title: Reviews: DVDs: Moulin RougeAuthor: STABLES, Kate Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v14 n10 October 2004 Page: 78
Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v12 n1 January 2002 Page: 60
Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: Video ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v60 n1 Winter 1990/91 Pages: 42-47
Title: Visions of ParisAuthor: DUNANT, Caroline Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Reflections on four films set in the period of 'La Belle Epoque'.
In: Films in Review v4 n3 March 1953 Page: 141
Title: [Films in Review - v4 n3 March 1953: no known title]Language: English
Description: Note on music.
In: Films in Review v4 n3 March 1953 Page: 143
Title: [Films in Review - v4 n3 March 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Theatre Arts v37 n3 March 1953 Page: 84
Title: [Theatre Arts - v37 n3 March 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Music v12 n4 Mar-Apr 1953 Page: 4
Title: [Film Music - v12 n4 Mar-Apr 1953: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Review of music.
In: The Cine-Technician v19 n104 August 1953 Page: 99
Title: [The Cine-Technician - v19 n104 August 1953: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2385 12 Mar 1953 Page: 19
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2385 12 Mar 1953: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Today's Cinema v80 n6697 16 Feb 1953 Page: 3
Title: [Today's Cinema - v80 n6697 16 Feb 1953: no known title]Language: English
Description: Nominated for 7 main awards.
In: Sight and Sound v22 n4 Apr/Jun 1953 Page: 194
Title: [Sight and Sound - v22 n4 Apr/Jun 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v80 n6714 11 Mar 1953 Page: 15
Title: [Today's Cinema - v80 n6714 11 Mar 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v20 n231 April 1953 Page: 48
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v20 n231 April 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: The Picturegoer v25 n925 24 Jan 1953 Page: 13
Title: [The Picturegoer - v25 n925 24 Jan 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v189 n13 27 Dec 1952 Page: 1661
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v189 n13 27 Dec 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: The Film Daily v102 n121 24 Dec 1952 Page: 8
Title: [The Film Daily - v102 n121 24 Dec 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2347 19 Jun 1952 Page: 30
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2347 19 Jun 1952: no known title]Language: English
Description: In production.
In: The Film Daily v102 n82 27 Oct 1952 Page: 1
Title: [The Film Daily - v102 n82 27 Oct 1952: no known title]Language: English
Description: World premiere.
In: Today's Cinema v79 n6540 7 Jul 1952 Page: 34
Title: [Today's Cinema - v79 n6540 7 Jul 1952: no known title]Language: English
Description: In production.
In: Variety 24 Dec 1952
Title: [Variety - 24 Dec 1952: no known title]Language: English
In:
Title: [ - : no known title]
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(1)
Title: Art and artists on screenAuthor: WALKER, John A. Pages: v-viii, 226p.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-593052
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status