Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Frederic Franklin [videorecording]

Publication

1985.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013.
• Flaum, Thea.

Description

7 cassettes. 130 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Unedited footage, recorded for the documentary Ruth Page: Once upon a dancer (1988). For the completed documentary, see: *MGZIA 4-1249 cassette 129. Premier danseur Frederic Franklin looks back upon his career, with special reference to his collaborations and contact with Ruth Page.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Ruth Page Foundation.

Series Statement

Ruth Page Video Archives ; 57-63

Subject

• Page, Ruth, 1899-1991
• Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013 > Interviews
• Fisher, Thomas Hart
• Mistinguett, 1875-
• Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983
• Toye, Wendy, 1917-2010
• Nijinska, Bronislava, 1891-1972
• Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1890-1950
• Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997
• Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931
• Stone, Bentley
• Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979
• Balanchine, George
• De Mille, Agnes
• Freund, Geraldine
• Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
• Markova-Dolin Ballet Company
• Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
• Chicago Ballet
• Frankie and Johnny (Choreographic work : Page and Stone, B)
• Gaîté parisienne (Choreographic work : Massine)
• Billy Sunday (Choreographic work : Page)
• Bells (Choreographic work : Page)
• Rodeo (Choreographic work : De Mille)

Note

• Videotaped in New York on November 25, 1985, by Thea Flaum Productions. Interviewer: Thea Flaum. For a transcript of this interview, see *MGYB (Page) 90-9600 Ruth Page Video Archives, 1990, p. 306-341.

Contents

• CONTENTS: Cassette 57 (approx. 19 min.): Franklin reminisces about first meeting Page, and partnering her in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo production of Frankie and Johnny. He recalls the start of his own career: performing with Mistinguett, touring in vaudeville with Anton Dolin and Wendy Toye, and with the Markova-Dolin Ballet. -- Cassette 58 (approx. 19 min.): He reminisces about Bronislava Nijinska, comparing her choreographic legacy to that of her brother Vaslav Nijinsky. He relates anecdotes of touring with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. -- Cassette 59 (approx. 19 min.): Description of his early dance training in Liverpool, and his first views of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Alexandra Danilova, and Anna Pavlova and her company. Resuming his reminiscences of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, he talks about working with Massine on Gaîté parisienne, and performing Balanchine's Serenade and Song of Norway. -- Cassette 60 (approx. 20 min.): He discusses his longtime partnership with Danilova, and describes staging Frankie and Johnny for Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. Description of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo's production of Billy Sunday. -- Cassette 61 (approx. 20 min.): Continues discussion of Billy Sunday. He comments upon present-day ballet, and assesses Page's contributions to American dance. -- Cassette 62 (approx. 19 min.): Extended description of The bells. He reminisces about Page's husband Tom Fisher
• Page's relationship with the company, Bentley Stone, and working with Agnes de Mille on Rodeo. -- Cassette 63 (approx. 14 min.): He describes his and Page's unsuccessful attempt to operate the Chicago Ballet with Geraldine Freund. Summation of Page's and his own achievements.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1249 cassettes 57-63

OCLC

NYPY926009689-F

Title

Interview with Frederic Franklin [videorecording]

Imprint

1985.

Series

Ruth Page Video Archives ; 57-63

Local Subject

Television. Interview with Frederic Franklin.

Dance company tours.

Ballet -- Anecdotes.

Added Author

Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013. Interviewee

Flaum, Thea. Producer. Interviewer

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1249 cassettes 57-63