Sunday, July 28, 2013

1922 Danse macabre



Director: Dudley Murphy

Cast: Adolph Bolm, Ruth Page


Country: USA

Notes:  Dance film


Storyline:  The Black Plague is ravaging Spain. As Camille Saint-Saëns's "Danse Macabre" plays on the soundtrack, a mix of animation and acted scenes tells the story of Youth and Love meeting one night. They dance, embrace, and kiss. As the night wears on, exuberant Death, a skeletal figure with a violin, pursues the couple. They try to elude him. Eventually, Love swoons. Youth is powerless to protect her. Is she doomed? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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