SERIES I: Motion Picture Film of Performances, Rehearsals & Home Movies
Abstract
SERIES I of the Ruth Page Collection includes 16mm and 35mm prints and elements within the collection. These prints and elements include footage of performances, rehearsals, television specials as well as home movies shot in Indonesia in the late 1920's and unrelated advertising spots. Also included in this series are distribution prints, workprints and elements of the 1978 documentary "Ruth Page: An American Original" and 35mm preservation elements and prints of Bolero [1930, Highland Park, Ravinia] and Carmen [1930, Highland Park, Ravinia], which were preserved thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation. The 16mm prints were digitized in-house at Chicago Film Archives, while the 35mm prints were digitized at Colorlab.
Series identifier
S.2011-05-0001
Extent
180
reels
Subject
Series Items
Film
Concertino Pour Trois [1960, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
1960
Film
My Man - Camille (Act I pas de deux) [1958]
1958
Film
Billy Sunday (Angel & Billy - Wise & Foolish Virgins - Devil’s Dance) [March 23, 1948]
March 23 1948
Film
Carmina Burana (Court of Love Pas de Deux) [1962]
1962
Film
Thaïs [1959, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
1959
Film
La favorita [1964, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
1964
Film
Faust [1963, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
1963
Film
Dance of the Hours [1949]
1949
Film
Harlequinade [1947?]
1947
Film
Daphne [1960s, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
1960s
Film
Bells
Film
Carmen [1962, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
1962
Film
Concertino Pour Trois [1960, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
1960
Film
Lee Phillip Show: Nutcracker excerpts [December 25, 1966]
1966
Film
Bullets and Bonbons - All’s Fair in Love and War - The Chocolate Soldier [1963]
1963
Film
Pygmalion [circa 1962, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
1962
Film
Carmen (4th Act) [1960, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
1960
Film
Combinations [1963]
1963
Film
Pygmalion [circa 1963]
1963
Film
Merry Widow [1955]
1955
Film
Bolero [Chicago, Civic Opera House]
1960s
Film
Repertoire Workshop From Chicago: Camille [1965]
1965
Film
Triumph of Chastity - Spectre of Love (Credits) [1955]
1955
Film
Repertoire Workshop From Chicago: Concertino Pour Trois (excerpt)
1966
Film
Americans in Paris [1950]
1950
Film
Combinations [1963, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
1963
Film
Revenge [1957]
1957
Film
Merry Widow (excerpts)
Film
Merry Widow [circa 1955]
1955
Film
Romeo and Juliet [1969, Hammond] - Spring Waters (excerpt)
1969
Film
Salome and Herod [1952]
1952
Film
The Harvest - Doctor Bat (Die Fledermaus) [1961, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
1961
Film
Possessed[?] (Talley Beatty excerpt)
Film
Ed Sullivan Show: Merry Widow (Marsovian Ball scene) [April 6, 1958]
1958
Film
Alice in the Garden [1970, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival]
1970
Film
Vilia (The Merry Widow) [1953, Paris, Theatre de L’Empire]
1953
Film
Reunion
Film
Billy Sunday (Virgins) [March 23, 1948]
March 23 1948
Film
Alice In Wonderland (Act I) [Pittsburgh]
Film
(Rehearsal excerpts) [1930s & 1940s?]
Film
Romeo and Juliet [March 1969, Kewanne] - Nutcracker [1966] - Bacchanale [1962?]
1960s
Film
Harlequinade (Part I) [1947]
1947
Film
Alice In Wonderland (Act II) [Pittsburgh?]
Film
Paquita ("Pakhita") [Leningrad, 1960s]
1960s
Film
B & H Dupe (ballet demo)
1930s
Film
Prince Igor (Nureyev) [1962, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
October 1962
Film
Flapper & the Quarterback [1938]
1938
Film
Nutcracker - Romeo and Juliet
Film
Cambodian Royal Dancers [1928, Phnom Penh]
1928
Film
Carmen [1959]
1959
Film
Camille (Armand’s Solo)
Film
World Book Encyclopedia commercial (The Nutcracker: Trepak variation) [1968]
1968
Film
Carmen (4th Act from Balcony)
Film
Ruth St. Denis East Indian Nautch Dance [1944]
1944
Film
(Dressing Room tour) [1957]
1957
Film
Carmen (Act 2) [1927]
1927
Film
Music in My Heart [1947]
1974
Film
I Mario with Gamelan Orchestra [1928, Bali]
1928
Film
Indonesia 1928: Dancing Cambodian Dancers Royal Ballet Pnom-Penh
1928
Film
Legong Dancers [1928, Bali]
1928
Film
Legong Dance [1928, Bali]
1928
Film
American Pattern [1938]
1938
Film
Impromptu Au Bois [1951, Freiburg im Breisgau, Theater Freiburg]
1951
Film
Sleeping Beauty (Bluebird pas de deux), The Nutcracker (Sugar Plum pas de deux)
Film
Billy Sunday
Film
Alice in the Garden (Act I) [1970, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival]
1970
Film
Guns and Castanets [1939, Chicago, Great Northern Theatre]
1939
Film
Bells [1950, Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées]
May 1950
Film
(Six rehearsal excerpts) Pastorale - Dance of the Hours - Mignon - Furlana - Masked Ball - Adriana Lecouvreur [1957, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
1957
Film
Idylle [1957]
1957
Film
Frankie and Johnny [1938, Chicago, Great Northern Theatre]
1938
Film
Revenge [1951, Chicago, University of Chicago, Mandel Hall]
1951
Film
Repertoire Workshop From Chicago: Mephistophela [1964]
1964
Film
Beauty and the Beast [1949]
1949
Film
Nutcracker (Act I) [1965, Chicago, McCormick Place]
1965
Film
Dance Stage with Ruth Page [1960s]
1960s
Film
Orpheus [1962, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
1962
Film
Mephistophela [1963?, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
1963
Film
Aïda [1955]
1955
Film
Doctor Bat (Die Fledermaus) (Act 2: Boudoir Pas de Deux) [1961, Chicago, Civic Opera House] - Mephistophela (Act 1: Obertass) [1963?, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
1960s
Film
Repertoire Workshop From Chicago: Pygmalion & Concertino Pour Trois [1966]
1966
Film
Bullets and Bonbons - All’s Fair in Love and War - The Chocolate Soldier [1965, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
1965
Film
Triumph of Chastity [1954, Chicago, St. Alphonsus Theatre]
1954
Film
Nutcracker (Act II) [1965, Chicago, McCormick Place]
1965
Film
Repertoire Workshop From Chicago: Carmen and Jose [1963]
1963
Film
El Amor Brujo [1954, Chicago, St. Alphonsus Theatre]
1954
Film
[Untitled] (ballet pupil murder story)
Film
Merry Widow [1958]
1958
Film
Revenge [1951, Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées]
1951
Film
Carmina Burana [1965, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
1965
Film
Nutcracker (Act I) [1967, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
1967
Film
Mephistophela [1963]
1963
Film
Revenge [1951, Chicago, University of Chicago, Mandel Hall]
1951
Film
Camille [1959]
1959
Film
Great Music From Chicago: Doctor Bat (Die Fledermaus) [1961]
1961
Film
Alice in Wonderland (Act II) [1971, Pittsburgh]
1971
Film
Merry Widow
1950s
Film
Nutcracker (Act II) [1967, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
1967
Film
Carmina Burana (Hollywood East) [1978]
June 25 1978
Film
Susanna and the Barber (Parts 1 & 2) [1956, Chicago, University of Chicago, Mandel Hall]
1956
Film
Carmen (Tour Rehearsal) [1960]
1960
Film
Funny Bunnies Meet the King (Episodes 3-5) [1949]
1949
Film
Balinese Cremation [1928, Bali]
1928
Film
Doctor Bat (Die Fledermaus) [1960, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
1960
Film
[Untitled] (living room dance)
Film
Billy Sunday
Film
Billy Sunday (Bathsheba & David, Beginning of Potiphar) [March 23, 1948]
March 23 1948
Film
Bells (1st Version) [1946]
1946
Film
Danse Macabre [1922]
1922
Film
Danse Macabre
1922
Film
Love Song [1947, Chicago, Blackstone Theatre]
April 4 1947
Film
Carmen [1926, Highland Park, Ravinia]
1926
Film
Bolero [1930, Highland Park, Ravinia]
1930
Film
Adolph Bolm: The International Dancer
circa 1923
Film
Variations on Euclid [1938]
1938
Film
Flapper & the Quarterback [1938]
1938
Film
Valse Cécile
1940s
Film
Valse Cécile
1940s
Film
Susanna and the Barber (The Dancing Lesson) [1955]
1955
Film
Daughter of Herodias [1954, Chicago, St. Alphonsus Theatre]
1954
Film
La forza del destino (Force of Destiny) [1956]
1956
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SERIES I: Motion Picture Film of Performances, Rehearsals & Home Movies
- Bullets and Bonbons/All’s Fair in Love and War/The Chocolate Soldier [1965, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- (Six rehearsal excerpts) Pastorale - Dance of the Hours - Mignon - Furlana - Masked Ball - Adriana Lecouvreur [1957, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Doctor Bat (Die Fledermaus) (Act 2: Boudoir Pas de Deux) [1961, Chicago, Civic Opera House] - Mephistophela (Act 1: Obertass) [1963?, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Bullets and Bonbons - All’s Fair in Love and War - The Chocolate Soldier [1965, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Adolph Bolm: The International Dancer
- Adolph Bolm: The International Dancer
- Aïda [1955]
- Alice in the Garden [1970, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival]
- Alice in the Garden (Act I) [1970, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival]
- Alice In Wonderland (Act I) [Pittsburgh]
- Alice In Wonderland (Act II) [1971, Pittsburgh]
- Alice in Wonderland (Act II) [1971, Pittsburgh]
- Alice In Wonderland (Act II) [Pittsburgh?]
- Alice in Wonderland [animation]
- Alice in Wonderland [animation]
- American Pattern [1938]
- Americans in Paris [1950]
- B & H Dupe (ballet demo)
- Balinese Cremation [1928, Bali]
- Beauty and the Beast [1949]
- Beauty and the Beast [1949]
- Beethoven Sonata [1951, Chicago]
- Bells
- Bells (1st Version) [1946]
- Bells [1950, Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées]
- Bells [1950, Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées]
- Billy Sunday
- Billy Sunday
- Billy Sunday (Angel & Billy - Wise & Foolish Virgins - Devil’s Dance) [March 23, 1948]
- Billy Sunday (Bathsheba & David, Beginning of Potiphar) [March 23, 1948]
- Billy Sunday (Virgins) [March 23, 1948]
- Bolero [1930, Highland Park, Ravinia]
- Bolero [Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Bolero [Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Bolero [Ravinia, 1930] - Carmen [1930, Highland Park, Ravinia]
- Bolero [Ravinia, 1930] - Carmen [1930, Highland Park, Ravinia]
- Bullets and Bonbons - All’s Fair in Love and War - The Chocolate Soldier [1963]
- Cambodian Royal Dancers [1928, Phnom Penh]
- Camille [1959]
- Camille [April 1954]
- Camille (Armand’s Solo)
- Carmen (4th Act) [1960, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Carmen (4th Act from Balcony)
- Carmen [1926, Highland Park, Ravinia]
- Carmen [1959]
- Carmen [1962?]
- Carmen [1962, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Carmen (Act 2) [1927]
- Carmen (Tour Rehearsal) [1960]
- Carmen (Tour Rehearsal) [1960]
- Carmina Burana [1965, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Carmina Burana (Court of Love Pas de Deux) [1962]
- Carmina Burana (Hollywood East) [1978]
- Carmina Burana (Hollywood East) [1978]
- Carmina Burana (Hollywood East) [1978]
- Combinations [1963]
- Combinations [1963]
- Combinations [1963, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Concertino Pour Trois [1960, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Concertino Pour Trois [1960, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Concertino Pour Trois [1960, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Dance of the Hours [1949]
- Dance Stage with Ruth Page [1960s]
- Danse Macabre
- Danse Macabre [1922]
- Daphne
- Daphne [1960s, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Daughter of Herodias [1954]
- Daughter of Herodias [1954]
- Daughter of Herodias [1954, Chicago, St. Alphonsus Theatre]
- Doctor Bat (Die Fledermaus) [1960, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Doctor Bat (Die Fledermaus) [1960, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- (Dressing Room tour) [1957]
- Ed Sullivan Show: “Merry Widow”
- Ed Sullivan Show: Merry Widow (Marsovian Ball scene) [April 6, 1958]
- El Amor Brujo [1954, Chicago, St. Alphonsus Theatre]
- Faust [1963, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Faust [1963, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Flapper & the Quarterback [1938]
- Flapper & the Quarterback [1938]
- Flapper & the Quarterback [1938]
- Flapper & the Quarterback [1938]
- Frankie and Johnny [1938, Chicago, Great Northern Theatre]
- Frankie and Johnny [1938, Chicago, Great Northern Theatre]
- Frankie and Johnny [1938, Chicago, Great Northern Theatre]
- Frankie and Johnny [1938, Chicago, Great Northern Theatre]
- Funny Bunnies Meet the King (Episodes 3-5) [1949]
- Great Music From Chicago: Doctor Bat (Die Fledermaus) [1961]
- Great Music From Chicago: Doctor Bat (Die Fledermaus) [1961]
- Great Music From Chicago: Doctor Bat (Die Fledermaus) [1961]
- Guns and Castanets [1939, Chicago, Great Northern Theatre]
- Guns and Castanets [1939, Chicago, Great Northern Theatre]
- Harlequinade
- Harlequinade [1947?]
- Harlequinade (Part I) [1947]
- The Harvest - Doctor Bat (Die Fledermaus) [1961, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- I Mario with Gamelan Orchestra [1928, Bali]
- Idylle [1957]
- Impromptu Au Bois [1951, Freiburg im Breisgau, Theater Freiburg]
- Impromptu Au Bois [1951, Freiburg im Breisgau, Theater Freiburg]
- Indonesia 1928: Bali Cremation
- Indonesia 1928: Bali Eda Buda, Ballet Mater & Legong Girls
- Indonesia 1928: Balinese Djanger Dancing
- Indonesia 1928: Dancing Cambodian Dancers Royal Ballet Pnom-Penh
- Indonesia 1928: Eda Buda Balinese Dance Denpasar
- Indonesia 1928: I Mario Dancing in Bali
- Indonesia 1928: Japanese Dance Three Girls
- La favorita [1964, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- La forza del destino (Force of Destiny) [1956]
- Lee Phillip Show: Nutcracker excerpts [December 25, 1966]
- Legong Dance [1928, Bali]
- Legong Dancers [1928, Bali]
- Love Song [1947, Chicago, Blackstone Theatre]
- Love Song [1947, Chicago, Blackstone Theatre]
- Love Song [1947, Chicago, Blackstone Theatre]
- Mephistophela [1963]
- Mephistophela [1963]
- Mephistophela [1963?, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Merry Widow
- Merry Widow [1955]
- Merry Widow [1958]
- Merry Widow [1958]
- Merry Widow [circa 1955]
- Merry Widow (excerpts)
- Merry Widow (excerpts)
- Merry Widow (Vilja) [Paris]
- Music in My Heart [1947]
- My Man - Camille (Act I pas de deux) [1958]
- Nutcracker (Act I) [1965, Chicago, McCormick Place]
- Nutcracker (Act I) [1967, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Nutcracker (Act I) [1967, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Nutcracker (Act II) [1965, Chicago, McCormick Place]
- Nutcracker (Act II) [1965, Chicago, McCormick Place]
- Nutcracker (Act II) [1967, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Nutcracker (Act II) [1967, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Nutcracker - Romeo and Juliet
- Orpheus [1962, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Paquita ("Pakhita") [Leningrad, 1960s]
- Possessed[?] (Talley Beatty excerpt)
- Prince Igor (Nureyev) [1962, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Pygmalion [circa 1962, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Pygmalion [circa 1963]
- (Rehearsal excerpts) [1930s & 1940s?]
- Repertoire Workshop From Chicago: Camille
- Repertoire Workshop From Chicago: Camille
- Repertoire Workshop From Chicago: Camille [1965]
- Repertoire Workshop From Chicago: Carmen and Jose [1963]
- Repertoire Workshop From Chicago: Concertino Pour Trois (excerpt)
- Repertoire Workshop From Chicago: Mephistophela
- Repertoire Workshop From Chicago: Mephistophela [1964]
- Repertoire Workshop From Chicago: Pygmalion & Concertino Pour Trois
- Repertoire Workshop From Chicago: Pygmalion & Concertino Pour Trois [1966]
- Reunion
- Revenge [1951, Chicago, University of Chicago, Mandel Hall]
- Revenge [1951, Chicago, University of Chicago, Mandel Hall]
- Revenge [1951, Chicago, University of Chicago, Mandel Hall]
- Revenge [1951, Chicago, University of Chicago, Mandel Hall]
- Revenge [1951, Chicago, University of Chicago, Mandel Hall]
- Revenge [1951, Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées]
- Revenge [1957]
- Romeo and Juliet [1969, Hammond] - Spring Waters (excerpt)
- Romeo and Juliet [March 1969, Kewanne] - Nutcracker [1966] - Bacchanale [1962?]
- Ruth St. Denis East Indian Nautch Dance [1944]
- Salome and Herod [1952]
- Salome and Herod [1952?]
- Salome and Herod [1952?]
- Sleeping Beauty (Bluebird pas de deux), The Nutcracker (Sugar Plum pas de deux)
- Susanna and the Barber (Parts 1 & 2) [1956?]
- Susanna and the Barber (Parts 1 & 2) [1956, Chicago, University of Chicago, Mandel Hall]
- Susanna and the Barber (The Dancing Lesson) [1955]
- Thaïs [1959, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Thais (part I) [1959, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Thais (part II) [1959, Chicago, Civic Opera House]
- Triumph of Chastity [1954, Chicago, St. Alphonsus Theatre]
- Triumph of Chastity - Spectre of Love (Credits) [1955]
- [Untitled] (ballet pupil murder story)
- [Untitled] (living room dance)
- Valse Cecile
- Valse Cécile
- Valse Cécile
- Variations on Euclid [1938]
- Variations on Euclid [1938]
- Variations on Euclid (excerpt) [1938]
- Vilia (The Merry Widow) [1953, Paris, Theatre de L’Empire]
- World Book Encyclopedia commercial (The Nutcracker: Trepak variation) [1968]