Xanadu (film) actual order in the film: The plot of the 1947 film "Down to Earth" was used as the basis for "Xanadu". In the film, Rita Hayworth played Terpsichore, opposite male lead Larry Parks, who played a producer of stage plays. The film was originally conceived as a relatively low-budget roller disco picture. As a number of prominent, A-list performers joined the production, it evolved into a much larger project, while retaining rollerskating as a recurring theme, especially in the final scenes of the club's opening night. Earlier versions of the story established that Sonny was the artist who created the
Madame Xanadu approach. The "Doorway to Nightmare" strip lasted for ten issues: five in its own series, four in "The Unexpected" issues 190, 192, 194 and 195, and one issue of "Madame Xanadu", which was DC's second direct sales only comic. The first issue of "Madame Xanadu" bore little difference from an issue of "Doorway to Nightmare". There were several requests to reprint it in letter columns of "The Spectre", but they were refused because that issue gave little background as to her character, although it did introduce Ishtar to the DC Universe, who dated Destruction. Madame Xanadu was a regular supporting