Fifty Million Frenchmen

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Fifty Million Frenchmen is a 1929 Broadway musical comedy with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, known for its witty songs and Parisian setting.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
musical comedy ⓘ
basedOn play "Fifty Million Frenchmen" by Herbert Fields ⓘ
bookBy Herbert Fields ⓘ
composer Cole Porter ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
genre musical comedy ⓘ
hasCulturalContext Roaring Twenties Paris ⓘ
linked to: Roaring Twenties
hasForm two-act musical ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance early Cole Porter Broadway success ⓘ
hasNotableCreator Cole Porter ⓘ
Herbert Fields ⓘ
hasProductionType commercial Broadway production ⓘ
hasSong "Find Me a Primitive Man" ⓘ
"Please Don't Make Me Be Good" ⓘ
"The Tale of the Oyster" ⓘ
"You Do Something to Me" ⓘ
"You Don't Know Paree" ⓘ
"You've Got That Thing" ⓘ
hasStyle satirical comedy ⓘ
sophisticated lyrics ⓘ
hasSubject Americans in Paris ⓘ
hasTheme culture clash between Americans and French ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
hasType stage musical ⓘ
isPartOf Cole Porter stage works ⓘ
isWorkOf American musical theatre ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Cole Porter ⓘ
lyricsBy Cole Porter ⓘ
musicBy Cole Porter ⓘ
musicStyle jazz-influenced show tunes ⓘ
notableFor Parisian setting ⓘ
witty songs ⓘ
originalAudience Broadway theatre-goers ⓘ
originalBroadwayOpeningYear 1929 ⓘ
originalProductionMedium Broadway ⓘ
period interwar period ⓘ
premiereLocation New York City ⓘ
productionEra 1920s American musical theatre ⓘ
settingLocation Paris ⓘ
titleLanguage English ⓘ
titleRefersTo population of France at the time ⓘ
workPeriodOfAuthor Cole Porter in late 1920s ⓘ
writtenBy Cole Porter ⓘ

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Cole Porter → notableWork → Fifty Million Frenchmen ⓘ
Fifty Million Frenchmen → basedOn → play "Fifty Million Frenchmen" by Herbert Fields ⓘ
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"You've Got That Thing" → partOfWork → "Fifty Million Frenchmen" ⓘ
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"You've Got That Thing" → associatedWith → "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (1929 Broadway musical) ⓘ
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"You've Got That Thing" → musical → "Fifty Million Frenchmen" ⓘ
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Find Me a Primitive Man → partOfWork → Fifty Million Frenchmen ⓘ
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Find Me a Primitive Man → firstPerformanceInWork → Fifty Million Frenchmen ⓘ
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Find Me a Primitive Man → writtenFor → Fifty Million Frenchmen ⓘ
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The Tale of the Oyster → partOfWork → Fifty Million Frenchmen ⓘ
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The Tale of the Oyster → firstPerformanceInWork → Fifty Million Frenchmen ⓘ
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Please Don't Make Me Be Good → partOfWork → Fifty Million Frenchmen ⓘ
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Please Don't Make Me Be Good → firstPerformanceIn → Fifty Million Frenchmen ⓘ
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Please Don't Make Me Be Good → basedOnWork → Fifty Million Frenchmen (stage production) ⓘ
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Cole Porter stage works → includesWork → Fifty Million Frenchmen ⓘ
Herbert Fields → notableWork → Fifty Million Frenchmen ⓘ