Danse Macabre (1922 film)

Danse Macabre
Danse Macabre
	The Full film
Directed by	Dudley Murphy
Starring	Adolph Bolm; Ruth Page; Olin Howland;
Release date	1922;
Running time	554 feet/8.21 meters; 8 minutes;
Country	United States
Language	English

Danse Macabre is a 1922 American short silent film directed by Dudley Murphy and conceived by ballet dancer Adolph Bolm,^[2] who also stars in the film. Set to Danse macabre, a symphonic poem for orchestra by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, the film depicts Youth (Bolm) and Love (Ruth Page) attempting to evade the grasp of Death (Olin Howland) in Spain during the Black Plague. The film is one of a series of twelve "visual symphonies" set to classical music by Murphy,^[3]^[4]^[5] and was advertised as the first dance film to be synchronized with a sound score.^[5]

Danse Macabre was filmed entirely on a studio set,^[6] with Francis Bruguière providing the lighting.^[2] In addition to the central dance routine, the film features animation by commercial animation house F. A. A. Dahme,^[7] as well as superimposition effects.^[2]

References

↑ Posner, Bruce, ed. (2001). Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1893–1941. Anthology Film Archives. p. 159. ISBN 978-0962818172.
1 2 3 "Danse Macabre". Lightcone.org. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
↑ "Picture Plays and People". The New York Times. New York, New York. February 26, 1922. p. 3.
↑ Horak 1995, p. 123.
1 2 Garafolda, Lunn (2005). Legacies of Twentieth-Century Dance. Wesleyan University Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-0819566744.
↑ Horak 1995, p. 125.
↑ Horak 1995, p. 124.

Bibliography

Horak, Jan-Christopher, ed. (1995). Lovers of Cinema: The First American Film Avant-Garde 1919–1945. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0299146801.

External links

Danse Macabre at IMDb

[1] Posner, Bruce, ed. (2001). Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1893–1941. Anthology Film Archives. p. 159. ISBN 978-0962818172.

[Lightcone-2] 1 2 3 "Danse Macabre". Lightcone.org. Retrieved July 15, 2024.

[3] "Picture Plays and People". The New York Times. New York, New York. February 26, 1922. p. 3.

[FOOTNOTEHorak1995[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidbOXoB01iDJ0CpgPA123_123]-4] Horak 1995, p. 123.

[Garafolda_2005-5] 1 2 Garafolda, Lunn (2005). Legacies of Twentieth-Century Dance. Wesleyan University Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-0819566744.

[FOOTNOTEHorak1995[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidbOXoB01iDJ0CpgPA125_125]-6] Horak 1995, p. 125.

[FOOTNOTEHorak1995[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidbOXoB01iDJ0CpgPA124_124]-7] Horak 1995, p. 124.

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