Movie: Danse macabre

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Adolph Bolm
Adolph Bolm

Youth

Ruth Page
Ruth Page

Love

Olin Howland
Olin Howland

Death

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    The Black Death is ravaging Spain. As Camille Saint-Saëns's "Danse Macabre" plays on the soundtrack, a mix of animation and acted scenes tells the story of Youth and Love meeting one night. They dance, embrace, and kiss. As the night wears on, exuberant Death, a skeletal figure with a violin, pursues the couple. They try to elude him. Eventually, Love swoons. Youth is powerless to protect her. Is she doomed?

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    1922-03-08

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