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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instanceOf Broadway musical
musical comedy
basedOn Fifty Million Frenchmen self-linksurface differs
surface form: play "Fifty Million Frenchmen" by Herbert Fields
bookBy Herbert Fields
composer Cole Porter
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre musical comedy
hasCulturalContext Roaring Twenties
surface form: Roaring Twenties Paris
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
surface form: "You Do Something to Me"

You Don't Know Paree
surface form: "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 Fifty Million Frenchmen self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: play "Fifty Million Frenchmen" by Herbert Fields