Collection search - Ballet of the Mermaids = Le Ballet des Ondines
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Record information – Brief Ballet of the Mermaids = Le Ballet des Ondines
Series title:Canadian Cameo = Camée canadienHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1937Item number (ISN):18271Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:ASSOCIATED SCREEN NEWS LTD.Accession:1973-0127Media:FilmOriginal title:Ballet of the MermaidsPart:1 of 1Production date:1937Release date:1938-07Production company:Associated Screen News Ltd.Production credit:director, Gordon Sparling; producer, B.E. Norrish; scenario, Margot Blaisdell; sound, Maurice Metzger; music, Howard Fogg; Margot Blaisdell; narrator, Betty Burke Taylor; choreography, Katherine Bottomley; Angus ErskineCast credit:Betty Edwards, Ena Erskine, Thelma Bottomley, Junita Ritchie, Doris Geldard, Mermaid Swimming Club of TorontoCountry of production:cnDescription:Swimmers demonstrate synchronized swimming in a lake. The film calls this "ornamental swimming". Includes the song Whispering Waters, with lyrics by Margot Blaisdell and music by Howard Fogg. The swimming routines are choreographed by Katherine Bottomley and Angus Erskine. The film tells the story of a sprite playing along the lake shore, who comes across the swimmers, who she thinks are mermaids.~The sprite watches the swimmers and joins them in the water. <9mn 52s>Language:EnglishOriginal number:B-719Notes:Detailed holdings information: -
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