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
Xanadu: The Marco Polo Musical The Pizzeria of Mama Polo in Venice. 1271, SCENE TWO: The Border of China. SCENE THREE: The Pleasure Dome of Kublai Khan SCENE FOUR: The Peacock Garden SCENE FIVE: The Jade Pagoda SCENE SIX: The Streets of Xanadu SCENE SEVEN: The Pleasure Dome •Canarina, John "Uncle Sam's Orchestra: Memories of the Seventh Army Symphony". University of Rochester Press, 1998 Xanadu: The Marco Polo Musical Xanadu: The Marco Polo Musical is an original musical written and produced in 1953 by Seventh Army Special Services in Germany, the first of the numerous stage musicals, film musicals and songs inspired in part by