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Can They Film The Ballet?
By H. H. WOLLENBERG
Tis obvious that there must be some connection between the two arts of ballot and the film..
But their fundamental difference, artistically, becomes evident when one tries to film ballot, to express the steady flow of ballet, rhythm Willi technique based ON the camera's "Point-counterpoint" and 115 multitude of varying angles.
Is it in fact, really possible to film ballet?
The theme of the story in the Jova and ambi- confllet between tlon. Into the famous Lermontov Company comes Vicky Page as young dancér. Boris Lermontov knows she will be a great ballerina;
de demands iron discipline and the complete dedication of her life.
he
Sho reaches stardom, In new ballet-based on Hans Anderson's tale The Red Shoes-dancing to music by Julian Caster, ́a young composer whom Lermontov has also
helesinibly Vicky finds herself
It is a tempting toak for any caught between two loves, between creative
film artist, but few have the human passion that has caught yet dared to fackle it. True, thero up Julian and herself, and artistic have been ballet sequences in a good devotion to the ballet and its many feature films, particularly jealous master,, Lermontov, In her from Hollywood, but they have real life, es in the ballet, Vicky seldom been more than a delicious dances to her death. trifle at the end (or in the middle) of a more or less indifferent meal.
The first attempt at a real ballet picture was made in Britain in the carly thiriles. It was Dark Red Roses, directed by Sinclair Hill. Anthony Asquith, too, in Dance Pretly Lady, fried his hand in this field as early as 1931.
Recently, Little Ballerina, in the
"Entertainment Films for Children" series,
is worth mentioning. It is the story of a little ballet girl who, after many set-backs, builds for herself a brilliant carcer: some of the film's dance and ballet sequences are very good. The main parts are has received recognition in taken by children and the picture number of countries.
The Rod Shoes
PUT it is only now that the first big effort has been made to blend the finest screencraft and
Written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emerle Press- burger, the ploture captures with remarkable realism the life of the ballet. We are taken into the midst
of
a new and fascinating world. Everything behind, on, and in front of the scenes comes our way-the whole story of a new ballet worked up In a few weeks from an idea to the premiere. Then the ballet itself, The Red Shoes.
In
This twenty-minute ballet in the film is n n bold flight of cinematic imagination, with choreography by Robert Helpmann and music by Brian Esdale; Sir Tomas Beecham conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra throughout. If The Red Shoes is one of the loveliest spec- tacles the screen has ever seen it is duc largely to the magnificent designs of Heln Hockrath, as well as to superb camera work; Jack Carditt.
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director of photography, proves onco ngoin that he can make
ballet in ong work of art. This is coloured film with more satisfying
the ambitious British coloured film, results than anybody else. The Red Shoes.
1948 FILM POLL NEAGLE PUTS LOCKWOOD IN SECOND PLACE
NEAGLE, WILDING
In Spring in Park Lane.
Neagle hus been elected Britain's leading money-making film star for 1948 by British exhibitors.
She gained an overwhelming majority over her rivais in the annual poll organised on behalf of the Motion Picture Herald, U, S. Dim trade newspaper.
Iast your 'she came second to James' Mason.
Decisive Elament
LL these factors, under Michnet Powell's directorship, contribute
Black or
white
says Valli
who recently started her N on-screen glamour girl,
first film in Britain, has, the simplest off-screen dress taste of them all.
to the final achievement. However, beauty
Alida Valli, 27-year-old Italian of "The Farradine Case," the decisive element is the acting-or is the girl. When she turned out acting and dancing in this cose.
for me the two drens cupboards Vicky, the
flat, there dancer, is acted by in her Grosvenor-street Aoira
Shearer. A newcomer to the
was not one coloured dress screen, this 22 year-old Scots girl is
sight. balterinus. one of Britain's greatest
Yet a ballet dancer alone would or white-and plain.
Everything she wears is black clothes
probably be of limited Interest on the screen. Miss Shearer proves that
She
said:
in
"I buy my in California, but I
she can act as well; her personality ready made také off all the trim- is one of the most entrancing in make them
mings." Miss Valli, who has high contemporary cinema, and her first check bones and blue eyes wears no Elm performance is n triumphal jewels in the daytime. debut.
film which has inanaged
Another
Typical of her asle-and her to capture the casence of ballet husband's favourite frock-in the for the screen has been made by white silk Jersey-dress pictured. Britain's Crown Flim Unit, which above. It is in the "cold shoulder" made such fine documentary flims style with a full gathered sicirt-and as Target For Tonight" and "Wes- no trimmings. With it she wears a tern Approact:cs."
tiny, narrow-linked, diamond necklet and bracelet--a lesson to some of the jewel-Indien visitors to Britain who preceded her from Hollywood.
The film, which is called Steps Of The Ballel, alms to show basic positions and movements, finishing with
a complete short ballet. The choreographer, composer, and de-
With director Carol Reed she is |signer explain their parts in the working on "The Third Man," with planning of the ballet, while the co-stars Joseph Cotten ond Orson dancers' parts are Robert Helpian.
Welles, explained by
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Britain Must Get Some New Stars-And Ideas
I "Hamlet"
By STEPHEN WATTS
:
"The Red IT was the year of Olivier's like an angel to make
and "Bonnie Shoes" the most originat achieve- ment and herself the most original Prince Charlie"; of "Fallen star of the year.. Idol" and "No Orchids for Miss Michael Denison carried n Blandish." It was quite a year. mediocre film, "My Brother
Jonathan," to box-office success, and Too many stars added another American Harold Keel came out of digit to the shy total of their ad- "Oklahoma" to reveal an Imposing "The Small vancing years, and too few new screen personality in
Volce." faces found the walling screen.
The talented Misses Hayworth MEMORABLE MOMENTS and Turner gave evidence of an
THER memories were more under-developed
of public Kense
fragmentary: the atmospheric This year the survey reveals that relations, or, in plainer words, act- In addition to her personal elec- ed rather badly off the screen and power of "Oliver Twist," the John
Garfield tion--her Um, Spring in Park Lane not enough on it.
prize Night in "Body and Soul," the
brilliance of, (produced and directed by her liusband, Herbert Wilcox) took Sir Laurence Olivier, Mias Berg- Orson Welles's "Lady from Shang more money at British cineman than man, and Miss Neagle demonstrated hal," the comedy interlude by James "On any other pleture, British or Ame- how to combine fame and fortune Stewart and Henry Fonda in
Our Merry Way." Jean Kent's, sulky rican.
with intelligence, charm,, and 我 pense of responsibility.
delinqueni; In "Good Time Girl,” and Robert Young's fired defective in "Crossire."
Here are detalls of the poll: » * British Money-making ·Slács who have appeared in films made in Britain:
1. Anna Neagle
2. Margaret
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THE MONEY-SPINNERS
Vincent,"
Far too many high-priced non- erentive carceriste sat in luxurious offees finding too little talent and For superlative seling there were cooking up ideas that should have Pierre Fresnay in "M. been hurled inexpensively into the Jane. Wyman in "Johnny Belinda," Window alley; spending too much and think- Robert Donat in "The ing too litle.
Boy." Gerard Philippe in "Le Diable Ralph Richardson In Too many Indispensable techni- nu Corps."
and "Anna Karenina,"
(credit claris brandished their union cards
or whom you nature, Carol Reed, and failed to grasp the simple fact will) nine-year-old Bobby Henrey that the 40-hour week is not com- in "Fallen
Idol." And, of course, patible with the desperate economic Olivier.
needs of British production.
Good wishes to them alliter 1940
and may their New Yent resolu-
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