Walking the Wire. Just how it’s done - as demonstated by Miss Bird Millman.

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

169

Date Released

28 Aug 1924

Length of issue (in feet)

740

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

Pathe Intertitles - "Miss Millman has been "walking the wire" from childhood ..."
"The little lady does more than "walk" the wire - she does a bewildering variety of fancy steps ..."
"Watch it now in Slow-Motion!"
"Turning around on the wire isn’t a bit harder ..."
"It’s so easy - in Slow-Motion!"
"It’s all a question of delicate equilibrium. The most difficult thing is to get back your balance, once you’ve begun to slip!"
"High-kicking is an art in itself. How would you like to high-kick on a 1/4-inch steel wire?"
"Miss Millman can high-jump, too, on the wire ..."
"The Slow-Motion close-up shows exactly how both feet leave the wire ..."
"Just so that you can go straight home and try it out on the clothes-line, here’s her "foot-grip" - a big part of the secret ..."
"But, until Miss Millman saw these pictures, she didn’t know herself how she did it! She’s now well acquainted with her "wire" personality..."

Researcher Comments

A short handwritten shot list is present in the Pathé boxfile.

Keywords

Performing arts

Written sources

J. Hammerton ‘For Ladies Only?' (Hastings, 2001) p129.
Pathe Eve 131-169 Boxfile Issue sheet

Credits:

Production Co.: British Pathe Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

250

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