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
Philodendron xanadu Philodendron xanadu Philodendron xanadu is a plant that belongs to the family Araceae and subgenus "Meconostigma", one of three subgenera within the genus "Philodendron". This plant is native to Brazil, but is widely cultivated as a landscape plant in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate climates. This plant was originally reported to be a selected chance seedling that arose in 1983 in a Western Australian nursery. It was thought to be a sport or hybrid of "P. bipinnatifidum" and named "Philodendron" 'Winterbourn' and protected under Plant Breeder Rights in Australia. It was also sold under the name P. 'Showboat'. It was