Mme. Hermine Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I found this among the film listings in the Ruth Page Collection on line at the Chicago Film Archives. Here is the text - This film represents a short excerpt of Talley Beatty dancing. The notes on the film canister and leader suggest he may be dancing an excerpt from "Possessed," a Ruth Page ballet choreographed in 1932. They also suggest that this excerpt may be intended for submission to NBC as part of a television special or as demonstrative of potential works to be performed live. The sets seem to match those of a 1938 performance of "Variations on Euclid," but it is not clear if this was filmed at that time or in 1950, when Beatty also participated in a performance of "Americans in Paris" during a European tour by Ruth Page & Bentley Stone's company. http://www.chicagofilmarchives.org/collections/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/7401 Link to comment
sandik Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 The Page Collection is just brimming with this kind of treasure -- I've been trying to skim when I have free time, and I keep getting sucked in... Link to comment
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