Adolph Bolm, Ruth Page and Owlin Howland - ’Dance Macabre’ (1922)

This is footage of Adolph Bolm, Ruth Page and Owlin Howland in an experimental silent dance film, ’Danse Macabre’, which was directed by Dudley Murphy in 1922. I had uploaded this film several years ago to another You Tube channel I had, and was keen to have it on the new channel here. ’Danse Macabre’ has in the role of Youth, Adolph Bolm, in the role of Love, Ruth Page and in the role of Death, Owlin Howland. At midnight, two lovers, Youth and Love, enter an old castle, followed by the spectre of Deat