Leonide Massine "THE RED SHOES" Moira Shearer / Marius Goring 1948 Movie Program

Description

This is a beautiful souvenir program from the 1948 motion picture classic "THE RED SHOES", a British feature film about ballet, written, directed and produced by the team of MICHAEL POWELL and EMERIC PRESSBURGER, known collectively as The Archers. The movie employs the story within a story device, being about a young ballerina who joins an established ballet company and becomes the lead dancer in a new ballet called
The Red Shoes
, itself based on the fairy tale, "The Red Shoes" by Hans Christian Andersen. The film stars MOIRA SHEARER, ANTON WALBROOK and MARIUS GORING and features ROBERT HELPMANN, LEONIDE MASSINE and LUDMILLA TCHERINA, renowned dancers from the ballet world, as well as ESMOND KNIGHT and ALBERT BASSERMAN. It has original music by BRIAN EASDALE and cinematography by JACK CARDIFF, and is well regarded for its creative use of Technicolor. Filmmakers such as Brian DePalma and Martin Scorsese have named it one of their all time favorite films. Although loosely based on the Andersen story, it was also said to have been inspired by the real-life meeting of Sergei Diaghilev with the British ballerina Diana Gould. Diaghilev asked her to join his company, but he died before she could do so. Diana Gould later became the second wife of Yehudi Menuhin. (Reprinted in part from Wikipedia.) ..... DETAILS: The oversized 20 page program measures 9" X 12" inches and includes full production credits, photos and bios of each of the leading actors and members of the creative team, promotional text, "Behind the Scenes" photos and several pages of photos of scenes from the film ..... CONDITION: With the exception of minor edge wear, this program is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any classic film aficionado or dance historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.