Dec 6, 2023
This Day in Buster…December 6, 1930
The Montgomery Advertiser mistakenly describes Buster Keaton’s Danse Apache in “Dough Boys” as an ‘adagio dance’ but says: “The wonder of this scene is that Buster comes through unhurt.”
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This Day in Buster…December 6, 1930
The Montgomery Advertiser mistakenly describes Buster Keaton’s Danse Apache in “Dough Boys” as an ‘adagio dance’ but says: “The wonder of this scene is that Buster comes through unhurt.”
Here is the real, full-blooded apache girl, a dashing brunette with full red lips, and sinuous body which has never felt the restraint of a corset, dressed in a red jersey and short skirt, black silk stockings and shoes with outrageously high heels.
Netley Lucas, Criminal Paris, 1925, p 16
I found this quote in research for my dissertation and adore it. Too often writing this I see the big names of Mistinguett, Musidora and Clara Bow - this is what I want, the anonymous young women in cabarets who set the trends and made a difference even if their names aren’t remembered. (Plus, watching their dance moves makes them look like the first stuntwomen! Not to mention, they seem like they’d be the most fun to run around with in the city at night. OK, maybe I do enjoy Clara Bow's depiction…)
Danse Apache/Apache Dance.
I cannot stress enough, how much I LOVE this dance style.
The ‘Apache Dancers’, (Charles Murray and Gertrude Bambrick), in “The Mothering Heart”, 1913.
“The Apaches of Paris”
starring Joseph Smith and Laura Hamilton.
‘In the Extraordinairy Four- Act “BROADWAY FAVORITES” Feature.
Introduced in this country by Mr. Smith, the famous “Dance of the Apaches”, which he and Miss Hamilton present in this production, swept the country like wildfire a few years ago. A revival of this dance is now taking place and this, coupled with the country-wide reputation of the dancers and the powerful story built around the, “Dance Of the Apaches,” make “The Apaches of Paris,” one of the most attractive offerings ever released by Kalem.’
Moving Picture World ad, October 9, 1915.
Apache Dancers in “The World And The Woman, 1916”, a film starring Jeanne Eagels.
Apache Dancers from “A Child of Paris Streets” 1916.
(Film clip from ‘Silent Hall of Fame’ on Youtube)