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The Moulin Rouge is a revue theatre in the Montmartre district of Paris, France. Built in 1885 it became a dance hall in 1900, and became famous for its soft-porn revue shows of the 'cancan' immortalised in the posters and drawings of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Today, the revue shows are still soft-porn, with naked and semi-naked dancers prancing about to the sounds of music and accompanied by computer-controlled light shows, and interspersed with magic shows.
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The Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) is a composite plant native to India. It's large red flowers yield the dye carthamine used in the preparation of rouge.
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Marie-Henri Beyle was a French author widely known by his pseudonym de Stendhal. He was born in 1783 at Grenoble and died in 1842. He held civil and military appointments under the empire; took part in the Russian campaign of 1812, thence until 1821 lived at Milan, chiefly occupied with works on music and painting. After nine years' residence at Paris he became in 1830 consul at Trieste, and in 1833 at Civita Vecchia. In 1841 he returned to Paris. The distinguishing feature of his works was the application of acutely analytic faculties to sentiment in all its varieties, his best books being the De l'Amour, 1822; Le Rouge et Ie Noir, 1831;
and La Chartreuse de Parme, 1839.
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David Andrews is an American actor. He was born in 1952 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Jean Gabin (real name Jean Alexis Gabin Moncourge) was a French actor. He was born in 1904 and died in 1976. He started his career in musical hall, and appeared at the Moulin Rouge before entering films in the 1930's.
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Cameron Richardson is an American actress. She was born in 1980 at baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Cleo Moore was an American actress. She was born in 1928 at baton Rouge, Louisiana and died in 1973 of a heart attack.
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Sarah Foret is an American actress. She was born in 1984 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Carthamin (Carthamic Acid) is an astringent bitter principle obtained from the flowers of the arthamus tinctorius. It is a red pigment used in silk-dyeing and the preparation of rouge.
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Jeweller's rouge is powdered haematite. It is a red powder and mild abrasive used in metal cleaners and polishes.
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