Khrushchev visits Hollywood
date: label: Date made
content: 1959
name: label: photographer
content: Mydans, Carl
notes: label: Description
content: In 1959 Mydans photographed Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on his visit to the United States. During his stay, Khrushchev visited the Twentieth Century Fox studios during the filming of the movie <i>Can-Can</i>. Khrushchev came on the set with his wife, bodyguards, politicians, U.S. officials, and studio heads who ordered the dancers to perform an entire can-can number for the elite guests.
label: Description
content: The film, starring Shirley MacLaine, received worldwide publicity because of Khrushchev's visit. The next day's newspapers carried an interesting quote from him. When asked what he thought of <i>Can-Can</i>, he replied, "The face of humanity is prettier than its backside."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles, Hollywood
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
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content: Carl Mydans
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0228.154
label: accession number
content: 2005.0228
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0228.154
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 13 1/2 in; 26.67 cm x 34.29 cm