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Can-can (1953, 1960) (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 18/7 [We are maidens typical of France] Opening act I scene I final section
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 18/7 [We are maidens typical of France] Opening act I scene I final section
Copyist's ms. piano-vocal score in ink ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 18/7 Introduction to we are maidens...
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil
Laid in: ozalid of refrain ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 18/7 We are maidens typical of France (president and seven girls)
Ozalids (2) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores ; 6 p. each
BOX-FOLDER 18/7 We are maidens typical of France (seven girls and policemen)
Ozalid of copyist's ms. piano-vocal score with annotations in pencil and ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 18/7 We are maidens typical of France (seven girls and policemen)
Ozalids (2) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores ; 4 p. each
What a fair thing is a woman
See [Can-can lyric sheets]
BOX-FOLDER 18/8 Who said gay Paree?
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 4 p.
Note: unused
You will, one day, appreciate me
See [Can-can holograph lyrics]
BOX-FOLDER 18/9 Can-can
Printed piano-vocal score, London production ; 123 p.
BOX-FOLDER 19/1 [Can-Can holograph lyrics]
Holograph lyric sheets and lyric sketches in pencil
Song titles and pagination:
  • Can-can ; [5] leaves
  • Come along with me ; [1] leaf
  • Ev'ry man is a stupid man ; [5] leaves
  • Her heart was in her work ; [1] leaf
  • I do ; [3] leaves
  • I like the ladies ; [4] leaves
  • I shall positively pay you next Monday ; [1] leaf
  • If you loved me truly ; [1] leaf
  • Laundry scene ; [4] leaves [Note: includes typed list of "articles a laundress would launder in 1890-95"]
  • The law ; [4] leaves
  • Live and let live ; [2] leaves
  • A man must his honor defend ; [3] leaves
  • We are maidens typical of France ; [1] leaf
  • You will, one day, appreciate/prefer/return to me ; [4] leaves
  • [musical lay-out] ; [1] leaf
BOX-FOLDER 19/2-3 [Can-Can lyric sheets]
Typed lyric sheets, most dated, some with annotations ; [114] leaves
Song titles:
  • Allez-vous-en, go away
  • Am I in love
  • Can-can
  • C'est magnifique
  • Come along with me
  • Ev'ry man is a stupid man
  • Her heart was in her work
  • I am in love
  • I do
  • I love Paris
  • I shall positively pay you next Monday
  • If you loved me truly
  • It's all right with me
  • Laundry scene
  • The law
  • Live and let live
  • A man must his honor defend
  • Montmart'
  • Never give anything away
  • Never, never be an artist
  • Nothing to do but work
  • To think that this could happen to me
  • We are maidens typical of France
  • What a fair thing is a woman
  • Who said gay Paree?
  • [musical lay-out, timings, miscellaneous]
BOX-FOLDER 19/4 [Can-Can lyric books]
Typed collections (2) of lyrics ; 20 p.
BOX-FOLDER 19/5 [Can-Can songlists]
Typed lists; [9] leaves
BOX-FOLDER 19/6 [Can-Can script]
Typed script marked "final, rough first draft/temporary/incomplete" with pencil annotations in Porter's hand; includes revised pages
BOX-FOLDER 19/7 [Can-Can script]
Typed script, includes annotations in pencil
Laid in: ms. note in pencil from "Henri"
BOX-FOLDER 20/1 [Can-Can act one synopsis]
Typed synopsis, annotations in Porter's hand in pencil ; 20 p.
BOX-FOLDER 20/1 [Can-Can act one synopsis]
Typed scene breakdown, includes list of character names, running order and "sense of" lyric, annotations in Porter's hand in pencil ; [15] p.
BOX-FOLDER 20/2 [Can-Can research]
Typed précis on the following topics:
  • Jane Avril ; 5 p.
  • Additional extracts Jane Avril memoirs ; 13 p.
  • Bals, cafes and cabarets ; 13 p.
  • Senator Beranger ; 2 p.
  • Beranger, additional ; 6 p.
  • Fairs ; 3 p.
  • The jury ; p. 30-48
  • First national congress against pornography ; 8 p.
  • Practical guide for fighting pornography ; p. 10-29
  • Society manners in 1900 ; 2 p.
  • Sundry ; [14] p.
  • Random notes on the law ; [1] p.
  • Occupations of women 1890-95 ; [3] p. [Note: pencil annotations in Porter's hand]
  • Names ; [1] p.
  • From "prospectus & catalogue of college of Notre Dame..." ; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 20/3 [Can-Can miscellaneous research]
Contains: Bulletin/announcement of the School of Law, University of California; "La Seine" by Guy LaFarge, printed vocal music, lyrics in French; photocopied clippings with reviews of Paris '90 by Cornelia Otis Skinner, and an article "Paris in the 90's--Guys and Dolls," by Skinner.
BOX-FOLDER 20/4 [Can-Can correspondence re original production]
TLS from Abe Burrows, dated 7/8/52 ; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 20/4 [Can-Can correspondence re original production]
TLS from Abe Burrows, dated 11/3/52 ; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 20/5 [Can-Can playbills]
Playbills, various, including pre-Broadway in Philadelphia, New York and Stockholm
BOX-FOLDER 20/6 [Can-Can lists re attendance for opening night and party to follow]
Typed lists, annotations in Porter's hand in pencil ; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 20/7 [Can-Can correspondence re film premiere]
BOX-FOLDER 20/8 [Can-Can miscellaneous]
Includes photographs and notes
BOX-FOLDER 20/9-10 [Can-Can clippings]
BOX-FOLDER OV 28/2 [Can-Can proofs for ad]
Printed proofs (2) for newspaper advertisement
BOX 21-25 Silk Stockings (1955, 1957)
BOX-FOLDER 21/1 All of you
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 21/1 All of you
Ozalids (2) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores ; 4 p. each
BOX-FOLDER 21/1 All of you
Printed piano-vocal scores (3), 2 copies from film ; 5 p. each
Laid in 1 copy: TLS from Albert Sirmay, dated 5/24/57
BOX-FOLDER 21/1 All of you
Printed piano-vocal score, Scandinavian version "Allt för dej" ; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 21/2 Art
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 9 p.
BOX-FOLDER 21/2 Art
Ozalids (2) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores ; 10 p. each
Note: cut song
BOX-FOLDER 21/3 As on through the seasons we sail
Ozalids (2) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores ; 8 p. each
BOX-FOLDER 21/3 As on through the seasons we sail
Printed piano-vocal score ; 5 p.
See also If ever we get out of jail
BOX-FOLDER 21/4 Bébé of gay Paree
Ms. lead sheet in pencil, lyric at end only ; [4] p.
Note: unused
BOX-FOLDER 21/5 Boroff's ode
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 21/5 Boroff's ode
Ozalids (2) of copyist's ms. piano-scores ; 2 p. each
Note: unused
Don't you think
See [Silk Stockings lyric sheets]
BOX-FOLDER 21/6 Fated to be mated
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 5 p.
Note: written for film
BOX-FOLDER 21/7 Give me the land
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; [5] p.
BOX-FOLDER 21/7 Give me the land
Ozalid of copyist's ms. piano-vocal score ; 4 p.
Note: unused
BOX-FOLDER 21/8 Hail Bibinski
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 6 p.
BOX-FOLDER 21/8 Hail Bibinski
Ozalids (2) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores ; 8 p. each
BOX-FOLDER 21/9 I concentrate on you : pensando en ti
Printed piano-vocal score ; [2] p.
Note: Spanish language version of song, originally from Broadway Melody of 1940 interpolated into film of Silk Stockings
I love you
See [Silk Stockings lyric sheets]
BOX-FOLDER 21/10 If ever we get out of jail
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil attached to ozalid of copyist's ms. with annotations ; 9 p.
BOX-FOLDER 21/10 If ever we get out of jail
Ozalid of copyist's ms. piano-vocal score with annotations in pencil ; 8 p.
Laid in: ms. sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 21/10 If ever we get out of jail
Ozalid of copyist's ms. piano-vocal score ; 4 p.
Laid in: holograph sketch in pencil, marked "Jail 2nd ref first half instr." ; [1] p.
Note: unused
See also As on through the seasons we sail
I'm the queen that goes too far
See [Silk Stockings lyric sheets]
BOX-FOLDER 21/11 It's a chemical reaction that's all
Ozalids (2) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores, dated 11/20/53, 1 copy annotated ; 1 copy 6 p., 1 copy 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 21/11 It's a chemical reaction that's all
Ozalids (2) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores, dated 2/27/54 ; 6 p. each
BOX-FOLDER 21/11 It's a chemical reaction that's all
Printed piano-vocal score ; 7 p.
BOX-FOLDER 21/12 Josephine
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