Swinging the Lambeth Walk

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Swinging the Lambeth Walk

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Description

Inspired by a song in 1937 musical Me and My Girl, 'The Lambeth Walk' was a popular dance named after a working class area of London. Kiwi-born filmmaker Len Lye edited together different versions of the song (including Django Reinhardt on guitar and Stéphane Grappelli on violin) for this short film, which is an early forerunner to music videos. Lye combined the music with various abstract images, painting and scratching directly onto the film stock. The colourful, dynamic piece of animation ...

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Video

Date created

1939

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http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/swinging-the-lambeth-walk-1939

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drawn on film / pioneering / abstract film / abstraction / jazz / 30s / 1930s / england / dance / instrumental / direct on film / thirties / cameraless animation / tida / direct animation / animation without camera

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