Tuesday, October 21, 2008 8:30 - 10:00 PM
Hawaiian Rhythm (1946) Castle, 11 min : Musical short from 1939 in a Castle films rerelease. Featuring the best midget tapdancing hula girl novelty number I’ve seen in a good long while.
Shakes Alive (1953) Coincraft, 2 min, unknown dancer
Miss Mystery (1953) Coincraft, 2 min, unknown dancer
Magazine Model (1954) Universal Pictures Variety View, 9 min : The story of a young glamourpuss getting her first modeling job. Appears to have been filmed much earlier than 1954
Frisky Feathers (1953) Coincraft, 2 min, unknown dancer
Hipsy Dipsy (1953) Coincraft, 2 min, unknown dancer
Twirling Tassels (1953) Coincraft, 2 min, featuring Moya Grifford
Dances that Thrill (1946) Quality Pictures 12 min : Six fabulous burlesque specialties
Sarong of the Islands featuring Merlena Joy
The Sultan’s Favorite featuring Pege Gari and the Harem Girls
Peacock Parade featuring Rita Zane
Voodoo Virgin featuring Almita
Rhythms of the Andes featuring Mary Andes and Girls
Temple Dance featuring Sandra
By A Waterfall (1933) Warner Bros. 11 min : Busby Berkely extravaganza of synchronized swimming beauties. Excerpted from Footlight Parade in a low-grade dupe, date unknown
Tropicana (1946) Soundies 2 min, featuring Moya Grifford
(Title Missing) (1946) Soundies 2 min, featuring Moya Grifford, music by Dardanelle and Her Boys
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Next Show : Tuesday, Nov 18, 2008 8:30 - 10:00 PM at Domy Books 1709 Westheimer
Trade Tattoo (1937) and Musical Poster #1 (1939), two short films by kinetic artist Len Lye, reputedly the first filmmaker to draw directly on the film stock. Trade Tattoo celebrates the wonders of the British postal system while Musical Poster #1 reminds us, in a jolly way, not to let those dirty Nazis know what you’re up to.
Time Piece (1965) A witty film by Jim Henson which might be said to be about the importance of good timing. Or then again, it might not. You decide!
Toes Tell (1969) “…allows boys and girls to talk and write about their feet and how things feel to their toes.” With just that touch of eroticism that is so important in reaching the elementary school student.
Turning a Sphere Inside Out (1977) Topology Films Project. From the days of primitive computer graphics, illustrates Smale’s Paradox by means of laboriously constructed models which were then hand digitized to produce a computer visualization.
Plus other films (whose titles do NOT start with a T) to be announced…