![[Variety Show at Peoria's Palace Theater]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/4/2/44572_ca_object_representations_media_4248_small.jpg)
A variety show is performed at Peoria's Palace Theater. Includes live performances by a number of singers and dancers in front of a band of female ...
Anti-New Deal theater commercial that argues against "wasteful" government spending on the arts. The film was sponsored by "The Crusaders on the Sc...
![Variations on Euclid [1938]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/2/1/13419_ca_object_representations_media_2128_small.jpg)
"Variations on Euclid" is a ballet choreographed by Ruth Page. It premiered as "Expanding Universe" on November 2, 1932 a...
![Flapper & the Quarterback [1938]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/2/1/33586_ca_object_representations_media_2129_small.jpg)
"The Flapper and the Quarterback" is an early Americana ballet choreographed by Ruth Page. It premiered on December 26, 1926 at the...
"The Flapper and the Quarterback" is an early Americana ballet choreographed by Ruth Page. It premiered on December 26, 1926 at the...
"The Flapper and the Quarterback" is an early Americana ballet choreographed by Ruth Page. It premiered on December 26, 1926 at the...
![Flapper & the Quarterback [1938]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/2/1/38537_ca_object_representations_media_2131_small.jpg)
"The Flapper and the Quarterback" is an early Americana ballet choreographed by Ruth Page. It premiered on December 26, 1926 at the...
This film appears to represent Ruth Page's demonstrations of various combinations in a dance studio. The title listed above was on the fi...
"Frankie and Johnny" is a ballet in one act (divided into seven dances), based on the popular 1899 American ballad about Frankie, a prost...
![Frankie and Johnny [1938, Chicago, Great Northern Theatre]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/2/2/93514_ca_object_representations_media_2260_small.jpg)
"Frankie and Johnny" is a ballet in one act (divided into seven dances), based on the popular 1899 American ballad about Frankie, a prost...
"Guns and Castanets" is an adaptation of "Carmen" in which the events are transported to Civil War Spain. Ruth Page has staged at least 4 versions...
![Guns and Castanets [1939, Chicago, Great Northern Theatre]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/2/2/96955_ca_object_representations_media_2262_small.jpg)
"Guns and Castanets" is an adaptation of "Carmen" in which the events are transported to Civil War Spain. Ruth Page has staged at least 4 versions...
![American Pattern [1938]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/2/2/73796_ca_object_representations_media_2228_small.jpg)
"American Pattern" is an Americana ballet, co-choreographed by Ruth Page and Bentley Stone in 1937, and premiered at the Civic Opera House in Chica...
![Bolero [1930, Highland Park, Ravinia]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/2/2/76277_ca_object_representations_media_2237_small.jpg)
Ruth Page choreographed two versions of Bolero: The first version was called both "Bolero" and "Iberian Monotone." It premiered in Highland Park at...
Home movie of a young woman's modern dance performance at Indiana University.
![Ken Nordine interview with Ruth Page [1957, Chicago] - Frankie & Johnny [1938, Chicago, Great Northern Theatre]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/1/4/41717_ca_object_representations_media_1406_small.jpg)
The first three-quarters of this video represent an interview with Ruth Page by Ken Nordine, a voice-over and recording artist based in Chicago, IL...