According to the archivist at the AMIA 'Road Show' in which this appeared, this short shows 17-year-old dancer Blanche Deyo, doing some of her routines. It was shot at the American Biograph Studio on their proprietary 68mm stock. It was not so much intended for public showings, as to send to London impressarios to impress them enough to hire her. It did.
Like most of the recent restorations of the Biograph prints, it is quite lovely to look at, especially if, like I, you have spent the last half-century looking at 16mm, miscropped prints.
Like most of the recent restorations of the Biograph prints, it is quite lovely to look at, especially if, like I, you have spent the last half-century looking at 16mm, miscropped prints.
