Research Catalog

Title

[Dance films by Ann Barzel] [videorecording]

Publication

1938-1944.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Block, Eleanor
• Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009
• Zorina, Vera
• Magallanes, Nicholas
• Cannon, Thomas
• Littlefield, Carl
• Littlefield, Dorothie
• McCracken, Joan
• Page, Ruth, 1899-1991
• Stone, Bentley
• Graff, Grace Cornell
• Graff, Kurt
• Camryn, Walter
• Balanchine, George
• Littlefield, Catherine
• Dunham, Katherine
• Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875.
• Barzel, Ann.
• Graff Ballet.
• Katherine Dunham Company.
• DHCA.

Description

1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (49 min.) : si., b&w; 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Ann Barzel Collection.

Uniform Title

• American pattern (Choreographic work : Page and Stone)
• Behind this mask (Choreographic work : Graff, G and K)
• Frankie and Johnny (Choreographic work : Page and Stone, B)
• Zephyr and Flora (Choreographic work : Page)
• Renaissance (Choreographic work : Graff, G and K)
• Valse Cécile (Choreographic work : Camryn)
• Café society (Choreographic work : Littlefield)
• Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Littlefield, C)
• Snow queen (Choreographic work : Littlefield, C)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Motion pictures.
• Video.

Event (note)

• Filmed in performance at various locations and dates by Ann Barzel.

Contents

• An American pattern (ca. 1 1/2 min.) / recorded in performance in Chicago in 1938 or 1939 ; choreography, Ruth Page and Bentley Stone ; libretto, Ruth Page and Nicolai Remisov ; scenery, Clive Rickabaugh ; costumes, John Pratt ; danced by Ruth Page (the girl), Bentley Stone (bridegroom/gigolo/militant idealist), and others.
• Behind this mask (ca. 30 sec.) / recorded in performance in Chicago in 1938 or 1939 ; choreography, Grace Graff and Kurt Graff ; scenery, Clive Rickabaugh ; costumes, John Pratt ; danced by Kurt Graff (the inciter) and others.
• Frankie and Johnny (ca. 3 min.) / recorded in performance in Chicago in 1938 or 1939 ; choreography, Ruth Page and Bentley Stone ; libretto, Michael Blandford and Jerome Moross ; scenery and costumes, Paul du Pont ; danced by Ruth Page (Frankie), Bentley Stone (Johnny), and others.
• Punch drunk (ca. 10 sec.) / recorded in performance, possibly at the Civic Theater, Chicago, in November 1939 ; choreography and performance, Bentley Stone.
• Zephyr and Flora (ca. 1 min.) / recorded in performance, possibly at the Civic Theater, Chicago, in November 1939 ; choreography, Ruth Page ; danced by Ruth Page and Bentley Stone.
• [Dances by the Chamber Dance Company] (ca. 2 min.) / recorded in performance, possibly at the Goodman Theater, Chicago, in March 1940 ; first work appears to be Capriol suite (music, Peter Warlock) ; danced by Eleanore Block, Pearl Lack [Lang], Ana Kurgans, and Leyah Lucatsky.
• [Spanish dance] (ca. 10 sec.) / recorded in performance, location and date not identified ; danced by Beatrice Stronstorff.
• Garden party (excerpt from Behind this mask) (ca. 30 sec.) / recorded in performance in Chicago, late 1930s or early 40s ; choreography, Grace Graff and Kurt Graff ; danced by the Graff Ballet.
• [Unidentified dance work] (ca. 1 min.) / recorded in performance in Chicago, late 1930s or early 40s ; danced by the Graff Ballet: Harry Bernstein, Ethel Sarasohn in solo, and others.
• [Unidentified dance work] (ca. 1 min.) / recorded in performance in Chicago, late 1930s or early 40s ; danced by the Graff Ballet: Grace Graff and others.
• Vintage--1912 (ca. 45 sec.) / recorded in performance in Chicago, late 1930s or early 40s ; choreography, Grace Graff and Kurt Graff ; costumes, John Pratt ; danced by the Graff Ballet: Grace Graff, Kurt Graff, and others.
• Renaissance (ca. 30 sec.) / recorded in performance in Chicago, late 1930s or early 40s ; choreography and performance, Grace Graff and Kurt Graff ; costumes, Ken Barr.
• Fantasia [excerpt] (ca. 10 sec.) / footage from the "Dance of the hours" segment of the animated motion picture.
• [Candid footage] (ca. 20 sec.) / scenes of a cookout at Fieldstone, Grace and Kurt Graff's residence in Newfane, Vermont.
• The long corridor (ca. 1 min.) / recorded in performance, possibly at the Civic Theater, Chicago, in April 1944 ; choreography and performance, Bentley Stone.
• Valse Cécile (ca. 30 sec.) / recorded in performance, possibly at the Civic Theater, Chicago, in April 1944 ; choreography, Walter Camryn ; danced by Ruth Page and Walter Camryn.
• Dr. Eli Duffy's--"Snakeroot" (ca. 40 sec.) / recorded in performance, possibly at the Civic Theater, Chicago, in April 1944 ; choreography, Walter Camryn ; danced by Walter Camryn and Billy Reilly (child performer).
• [Unidentified ballet] (ca. 1 min.) / recorded in performance, possibly at the Civic Theater, Chicago, in April 1944 ; choreography, Walter Camryn ; danced by Walter Camryn and female dancers.
• [Unidentified ballet(s)] (ca. 1 min.).
• I married an angel (ca. 6 min.) / musical comedy ; recorded in performance in Chicago, early 1940s ; choreography, George Balanchine ; book, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, adapted from the play by John Vaszary ; scenery, Jo Mielziner ; costumes, John Hambleton ; performed by Vera Zorina (Angel) and others.
• Café society (ca. 6 min.) / recorded in two performances, possibly in Chicago, ca. 1939 ; choreography, Catherine Littlefield ; scenery and costumes, Carl Schaffer ; danced by the Littlefield Ballet. In the first segment (wide shot), cast includes Catherine Littlefield (chain store nymph) and Dorothie Littlefield (cinematic Circe) ; the second segment (close shot) includes Josephine McCann and Nicholas Magallanes (newlyweds), Catherine Littlefield and Thomas Cannon (ballroom team), and others.
• Aurora's wedding (ca. 5 min.) / recorded at two performances, possibly in Chicago, ca. 1939 ; choreography, Catherine Littlefield, Lubov Egorova after Marius Petipa (Bluebird pas de deux and grand pas de deux) ; costumes, Lee Gainsborough ; danced by the Littlefield Ballet: Catherine Littlefield (Princess Aurora), Carl Littlefield (prince), Dorothie Littlefield (Princess Florine [Bluebird pas de deux]), and others.
• La traviata (ca. 2 min.) / ballet excerpts from the opera ; recorded in performance, possibly at Chicago Opera House, ca. 1941 ; choreography, Dorothie Littlefield ; danced by the Littlefield Ballet, with solos by Dorothie Littlefield and Catherine Littlefield.
• The snow queen (ca. 2 min.) / recorded in performance, possibly at Chicago Opera House, ca. 1939 ; choreography, Catherine Littlefield ; libretto based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen ; danced by the Littlefield Ballet: Dorothie Littlefield (Hans), Joan McCracken (Gerda), and others.
• [Candid footage] (ca. 4 min.) / includes views of Catherine, Dorothie, and Carl Littlefield backstage ; Dorothie Littlefield on the rooftop of the Sherman Hotel, Chicago, in 1941, demonstrating steps after teaching class for a teachers' convention.
• Tropical revue (ca. 9 min.) / recorded in performance at the Studebaker Theater, Chicago, in the 1940s ; excerpts, some very brief, from the numbers Tropics ; Son ; Nanigo (ca. 2 min.), virtuosic men's dance ; Choro, danced by two men and two women ; Haitian roadsides ; Street scene, danced by two women accompanied by onstage drummer ; Shango ; L'Ag'ya (market scene, duet, mazouk, beguine, charm dance, Ag'ya fight, beginnings of death scene).

Call Number

*MGZHB 12-2536

OCLC

NYPY98-F278

Title

[Dance films by Ann Barzel] [videorecording]

Imprint

1938-1944.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Event

Filmed in performance at various locations and dates by Ann Barzel.

Local Subject

Musical comedies. I married an angel.

Opera ballet. La traviata.

Literature and dance.

Social problems in dance.

Comedy in dance.

Satire in dance.

Added Author

Block, Eleanor, dancer.

Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009, dancer.

Zorina, Vera, dancer.

Magallanes, Nicholas, dancer.

Cannon, Thomas, dancer.

Littlefield, Carl, dancer.

Littlefield, Dorothie, choreographer, dancer.

McCracken, Joan, dancer.

Page, Ruth, 1899-1991, choreographer, dancer. Librettist

Stone, Bentley, choreographer, dancer.

Graff, Grace Cornell, choreographer, dancer.

Graff, Kurt, choreographer, dancer.

Camryn, Walter, choreographer, dancer.

Balanchine, George, choreographer.

Littlefield, Catherine, choreographer.

Littlefield, Catherine, dancer.

Dunham, Katherine, choreographer.

Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875. Author

Barzel, Ann. Cinematographer

Graff Ballet.

Katherine Dunham Company.

DHCA.

Added Title

American pattern (Choreographic work : Page and Stone)

Behind this mask (Choreographic work : Graff, G and K)

Frankie and Johnny (Choreographic work : Page and Stone, B)

Zephyr and Flora (Choreographic work : Page)

Renaissance (Choreographic work : Graff, G and K)

Valse Cécile (Choreographic work : Camryn)

Café society (Choreographic work : Littlefield)

Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Littlefield, C)

Snow queen (Choreographic work : Littlefield, C)

Research Call Number

*MGZHB 12-2536 Additional copy ; 1 film reel (1172 ft.) si. at sd. speed. 16 mm

*MGZIC 9-3611