“WOMAN SPEAKS” 1940s SHORT: PIANO PRODIGY, GLASS ENGRAVING, SADIE HAWKINS WEEK, WRESTLING XD45744
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This rarely seen, black and white theatrical short-subject film from 1946 or 1947 compiles a series of newsreel vignettes about modern women. This one features a 16-year-old piano prodigy; a polio survivor turned glass engraver, a Li’l Abner-inspired “Sadie Hawkins Week”, and a women’s wrestling match (TRT 10:02).
Title card: “In every progressive activity-- often in fields once strange to her-- Today Woman Speaks” (0:08). A closeup on sheet music for Frédéric Chopin’s Works for the Pianoforte. “Scherzos and Fantaisie.” The narrator introduces 16-year-old pianist Naomi Weiss (0:17). Ms. Weiss plays a grand piano with animated vigor (0:28). An over-the-shoulder shot of Naomi Weiss at the keyboard. Her hands flutter across the keys gracefully (1:54). A closeup of Ms. Weiss shows an organza dress made of sheer fabric with floral embroidery and a beaded collar. She con
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