Welcome Back!

It's been a while since I last made any posts on my blog or indeed made updates to this site. That said, we GO AGAIN! 

Quite a lot of new information has become available with respect to Jane Avril and over the coming weeks I will be making changes and adding updates to reflect all the new information that has come to light. 

Quite a lot of the new research has been undertaken by my friend Maria who has made a film about Jane Avril called - Jane Avril - The Life of a Moulin Rouge Dancer which is available on YouTube but I will add the film or failing that the link to ensure you all have the opportunity to watch it. 

I think you will all appreciate the effort and travel that Maria has put into the making of her film. I know I have. It was a labour of love. 

It's research that I certainly wasn't able to undertake but what it does do is fill in the gaps and corrects assumptions that most people had. We are now able to use the real names of those involved as Avril's biographer Jose Shercliff used false names to protect those possibly still alive at the time of its release in 1953. 

So, onwards we go and as ever please feel free to post a comment via the contact page when you visit. 

​Craig