Fictional accounts

Toulouse-Lautrec and the Moulin Rouge:

La Mure, Pierre. Moulin Rouge: a novel based on the life of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. NY: Random House, 1950.

Huston, John. Moulin Rouge. A Romulus Production, 1954. Motion picture directed by John Huston; screenplay by Anthony Veiller and John Huston; starring José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Suzanne Flon, Colette Marchand. Based on the novel by Pierre La Mure.

Renoir, Jean. French can-can: une comédie musicale. Franco London Films, 1955. Motion picture adapted and directed by Jean Renoir; based on an idea by André-Paul Antoine; starring Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, Maria Felix.

Jane Avril:

Shercliff, Jose. Jane Avril of the Moulin Rouge. NY: Jarrolds, 1952.

La Goulue:

Hanska, Evane. La romance de la Goulue. Paris: Balland, 1989.

Other descriptions and connections in fiction:

One of Lautrec's depictions of Jane Avril is said to be the inspiration for Jacques Emile-Blanche's heroine Rosemary in his novel Aymeris.

The sixteen-year-old who would soon become La Goulue worked at a laundry in Rue de la Goutte d'Or, which is described by Zola in his novel about alchoholism in the working class, L'Assommoir.

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