The Spinner (1932)

“A Study of Mme Vera Nemchinova, the famous Dancer.“ We are informed that Mme Nemchinova can can achieve over forty pirouettes in a prolonged “spin“. Mme Nemchinova then demonstrates her pirouettes for the camera. “Muscles of steel - toes as rigid yet as flexible as a whale’s backbone - these are the essentials necessary for a Ballerina - (A “slowed“ view demonstrates this.)“ M/S of the dancer’s legs as she does her pirouettes. Was an item in Eve’s Film Review issue number 588. Note: flash-frame intertitles. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont Bri
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