SLAUGHTER ON TENTH AVENUE

BEYOND BALLET INTO MODERN DANCE 
Here is the full 'Slaughter on tenth Avenue' sequence from the 1939 BW
version of 'On Your Toes' with Vera Zorina and Eddie Albert. This recording is from a showing on BBC television (UK) in 1988. The copy is from an old VHS tape.
YOUTUBE COMMENTS
pattie capet
3 years ago
She is exquisite.  Everything -- Balanchine's choreography, the camera direction, the great music by Richard Rodgers -- but most of all, the great Vera Zorina herself.

donereally
2 years ago
this is stunning on so many levels. thank you so much for uploading and editing the way you have. brilliant. the camera work here is incredible. in 1939!? the crazy camera angles. the sexuality of the shots. the theatricality. it so honors the theatrical piece, yet it completely lives on film. Balanchine's genius work is so thrilling. and to give a woman that much sex and sexuality! in 1936 originally! women didn't wear pants in public regularly for almost another 30 years! it is radical! as is the sex of the choreography! zorina is magnificent. and eddie albert?? i had no idea! and he's excellent. sexy even. thank you again for posting. wowie. wow.

Vera-Ellen and Gene Kelly performing in the tragic ballet "Slaughter On Tenth Avenue" from the 1948 movie "Words and Music".
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