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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated September 21, 1959 reads, "Maurice Chevalier was honored on the set of the 20th Century-Fox production of 'Can Can' on the occasion of his 71st birthday and here Louis Jourdan, Shirley MacLaine and Juliet Prowse lend him a hand in the cutting of the cake. These stars of the picture will be on hand today at the studio to demonstrate to Mr. Khrushchev the finer points of motion picture making."; See image #00116398 for additional photo in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Chevalier, Maurice,--1888-1972 Prowse, Juliet,--1936-1996 MacLaine, Shirley,--1934- Jourdan, Louis Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation Can-can (Motion picture : 1960) Motion picture locations--California--Los Angeles Motion picture studios--California--Los Angeles Birthday cakes--California--Los Angeles Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Singers--United States Costumes Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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