Walking The Wire (1930)

“Meet a lady friend of ours who’s been “walking the wire“ from childhood -“ M/S of a woman high wire artist walking the wire holding a parasol. She sits on the wire and there is a dissolve into a C/U. She wears a fancy frock with a fur trim and a sparkly head dress. C/U of the woman with the parasol behind her. She rests her chin on her hand and looks coy. She then stands up and does a strange half running movement across the wire - pretty fast! She then spins around and around, still on the wire. We see her perform in slow motion. She bounces on the wire and does high kicks. “All a question of delicate equilibrium - you just mustn’t fall and break your contract - “ She dances across the tightrope, looks like she might fall but doesn’t. Was an item in Eve’s Film Review issue number 482. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENT