Moulin Rouge (1952 film)

Moulin Rouge
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Huston
Screenplay by
Based onMoulin Rouge
1950 novel
by Pierre La Mure
Produced byJohn and James Woolf
Starring
CinematographyOswald Morris
Edited byRalph Kemplen
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byBritish Lion Films
Release dates
  • 23 December 1952 (1952-12-23) (United States)
  • 13 March 1953 (1953-03-13) (United Kingdom)
Running time
119 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.1 million[1]
Box office$9 million[2]
Zsa Zsa Gabor in Moulin Rouge (1952); costume design by Elsa Schiaparelli.

Moulin Rouge is a 1952 British historical romantic drama film directed by John Huston from a screenplay he co-wrote with Anthony Veiller, based on the 1950 novel of the same name by Pierre La Mure, and produced by John and James Woolf. The film follows artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec as he navigates the bohemian subculture of 19th-century Paris, centered around the Moulin Rouge, a burlesque venue. It was screened at the 14th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Lion.

The film stars José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Suzanne Flon, Eric Pohlmann, Colette Marchand, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Katherine Kath, Theodore Bikel, and Muriel Smith.

  1. ^ Arneel, Gene (29 June 1960). "Huston: 'Me For Li'l Budgets'". Variety. p. 19. Retrieved 13 February 2021 – via Archive.org.
  2. ^ "Some of the Top UA Grossers". Variety. 24 June 1959. p. 12. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

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