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Robert Ross (left).     Frame enlargement: Silent Era low-res collection.

Cast: Robert Ross [Krishna], Evelyn Sabin [Radha], Thelma Biracree [an Apsaras (dancing girl)], Betty MacDonald [an Apsaras (dancing girl)], Constance Fincknel [an Apsaras (dancing girl)].

Eastman Kodak Company production; distributed by Eastman Kodak Company. / Settings (production design) by Norman Edwards. Costume design by Norman Edwards. Arranged (choreography) by Martha Graham. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. Kodachrome color film process.

Performance: Dance.

Synopsis: [Eastman Theatre Magazine, May 1926, page 2] “The Flute of Krishna” is an East Indian idyl or legend. Krishna is the God of Love and Radha his affianced bride. He sounds the love call on the flute. Krishna, being love, makes use of many disguises and materializes for each mortal at the moment love takes possession of her soul. Sometimes he appears and playfully woos the village maidens.

Survival Status: Prints exist in the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House film archive [35mm nitrate camera negative, 35mm preservation positives], and in the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance film collection.

Keywords: Dance: Dancers, Modern dance

Listing updated: 8 February 2009.

References: Film viewing : with additional information provided by Mike Champlin.

Home video: DVD.