Silken Suppleness

Series

Series Name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

455

Date Released

20 Feb 1930

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Tree Top babies
2. 2An Old Rhyme Redished
3. 3(Reducing Exercises)
4. 4Silken Suppleness
5. 5(Untitled record)
6. 6(Untitled record)
7. 7Trifles for Eve
8. 8(Obedience)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 8

Summary

NoS Summary - Marika Rokk, Budapest’s dancing star in slow motion at London Coliseum.
British Pathe synopsis: Dance movements by Marika Rokk the Budapest Dancing Star from the London Coliseum. C/U of very glamorous woman wearing a skimpy shiny outfit and head dress. She dances around a bit. Very stylised movements - lots of flinging the arms around and standing on tiptoe. Marika slowly bends down lifting her leg up behind her. She does a kind of handstand, balancing on her arms and elbows. She opens her legs out in the splits then holds one of her feet in her hands - contortionist. More dancing around then the splits. She bends over backwards then kicks her legs over. She ends her dance with some wild spinning. We see her do some balletic leaps in slow motion.

Keywords

Music and dance

Written sources

Kinematograph Weekly   27 February 1930, p51.
The Bioscope   19 February 1930, p31.
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.183
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP183 Used for synopsis
National Film Archive Catalogue

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