The Red Shoes

London: The Rank Organization, 1948. Five vintage reference photographs from the 1948 British film, showing the film's famous and impressionistic "ballet sequence." Three with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos, and all five with stamps of The Rank Organisation on the versos.

Loosely based on the 1845 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, following an up-and-coming prima ballerina whose personal life is strained by her ballet master's obsessive demand that she devote herself entirely to her career. Michael Powell's tenth collaboration with his longtime partner Emeric Pressburger, a critical success and worthy successor to their 1947 Technicolor classic "Black Narcissus."

Nominated for five Academy Awards, winning two.

9.5 x 8 inches. Near Fine to Very Good plus, some with light toning.

Criterion Collection 44. Ebert III. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 41.

[Book #160687]