🎉 Today in 1942, Cole Porter’s Du Barry Was a Lady opened in London, in the West End at His Majesty’s Theatre. Paris-meets-Versailles fantasy, Porter wordplay, and tunes like “Friendship” and “Do I Love You?” crossed the Atlantic to entertain wartime London. The cast starred Frances Day as May Daly with Arthur Riscoe as Louis Blore. The show had opened on Broadway in 1939 and was such a hit, that it was later reimagined as an MGM film! Here's a snippet from the film that traces back to this sco