A carousel or carrousel, merry-go-round, flying horses, or galloper is a type of amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders. The seats are traditionally in the for
A double-decker carousel in Milton Keynes, England at Christmas
A double-decker carousel in France
A carrousel tournament organized in the Tuileries Palace courtyard by Louis XIV in 1662 to celebrate the birth of his son and heir. This event and others like it inspired the creation of the carousel amusement ride.
1909 carousel horse by Marcus Illions, a Looff protégé, in the Coney Island style
Carousel is the second musical by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The 1945 work was adapted from Ferenc Molnár's 1909 play Liliom, transplanting its Budapest setting to the Maine
Carousel
…IAAPA) until 2018. Several notable extant carousels are recipients of the NCA's Historic Carousel Award. The protagonist in the 1945 Broadway musical Carousel is a carousel barker. In the climactic scene of Alfred Hitchcock's 1951 film Strangers on a Train, the protagonist and antagonist struggle on a carousel…
"A star—please, my dear—I must do something good." Liliom (Joseph Schildkraut) offers Louise (Evelyn Chard) the star he stole; 1921 Theatre Guild production
The opening carnival scene in Liliom inspired the pantomime that begins Carousel; 1921
Enoch (Eric Mattson) arrives unexpectedly (reprise of "(When I Marry) Mister Snow"). Iva Withers is Julie (standing), and Margot Moser is Carrie (bent over) (1947).