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Legong : dance of the virgins : a story of the South Seas /

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The story of a young woman who jumps to her death after being rejected by a young suitor; features dance performances filmed on location in Bali.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Club Foot Orchestra (Performer), Image Entertainment (Firm), UCLA Film and Television Archive, Milestone Film & Video
Other Authors: La Falaise, Henry de (Director, Screenwriter, Producer), Bennett, Constance, 1904-1965 (Producer), Glass, Gaston (Screenwriter), Goesti Poetoe Aloes (Actor), Goesti Bagus Mara (Actor), Njoman Saplak (Actor), Njoman Njong Njong (Actor), Snyder, Robert, 1916-2004 (Director), Marriott, Richard, 1951- (Screenwriter), Subandi, I. Made (Screenwriter), Hagedorn, Katherine J. (Screenwriter), Bloom, Peter (Screenwriter)
Format: Video DVD
Language:No linguistic content
Language Notes:Intertitled (closed-captioned) in English.
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : Milestone Film and Video ; [2010]
Series:Milestone collection.
Subjects:
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Balinese (Indonesian people) > Drama.
Balinese (Indonesian people) > Rites and ceremonies > Drama.
Balinese (Indonesian people) > Funeral customs and rites > Drama.
Balinese (Indonesian people) > Social life and customs > Drama.
Bali Island (Indonesia) > Social life and customs > Drama.
Dance > Indonesia > Bali Island > Drama.
Bali Island (Indonesia) > Drama.
Legong (Dance) > Drama.
Balinese (Indonesian people)
Folk dancing.
Man-woman relationships.
Indonesia > Bali Island.
Silent films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Romance films.
Drama.
Table of Contents:
  • Legong: dance of the virgins (c1935 ; 56 min.)
  • Bonus: Kliou (The killer) (c1935 ; 49 min., b&w; produced by Bennett Pictures Corp., a Henri de la Falaise production)
  • Bonus documentary: Gods of Bali (1952 ; 56 min., b&w; prepared under the supervision of Robert Snyder, written by Sidney Carroll, photographed by Nikola Drakulić, narrated by John Rodney).
  • DVD ROM extras: press kits for Legong: dance of the virgins, written by Milestone Film & Video
  • Liner notes for Legong: dance of the virgins, written by ethnomusicologist Katherine Hagedorn and film studies expert Peter Bloom.