Further than the Classics is a recurring column in which Emily Kubincanek highlights lesser-identified previous motion pictures and examines what makes them unforgettable. In this installment, she uncovers Dorothy Arzner’s really hard-to-come across 1931 pre-Code movie ‘Working Ladies.’ For many years in the studio era of Hollywood, the most potent […]
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Dancewear Through the Decades: 100 Years of Studio Fashion, From the Chiton to the Leotard
In March 2020, American Ballet Theatre principal dancers James Whiteside and Isabella Boylston taught a class on Instagram Live with the theme “Vintage Ballet.” Boylston dressed as Scottish-born ballerina Moira Shearer (star of the 1948 classic film The Red Shoes) and Whiteside as Rudolf Nureyev, and they encouraged viewers to […]