tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812053459854550777.post4151360881403633909..comments2023-05-17T03:40:26.994-06:00Comments on Cinema Nritya: Rare 1930s Tamil Film and 1950s Padmini Dance Footage from Ellis Dungan’s CollectionMinaiMinaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02868497630163066412noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812053459854550777.post-59450231181842001332013-05-16T18:10:06.298-06:002013-05-16T18:10:06.298-06:00MGR Roop - Excellent confirmation, especially from...MGR Roop - Excellent confirmation, especially from someone whose blog subject is MGR! So you certainly would be able to recognize him better than I would. Wow, so that means <a href="http://youtu.be/BgW1pnCQBmo?t=2m57s" rel="nofollow">this clip</a> is the earliest footage available of MGR in films (though brief, at 2-3 seconds)! He looks so young in the video, and his teeth look different from later years. Fascinating... :)MinaiMinaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02868497630163066412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812053459854550777.post-69744623423192851002013-05-16T09:30:21.702-06:002013-05-16T09:30:21.702-06:00The photo you have uploaded from the video Duncan ...The photo you have uploaded from the video Duncan is MGR. MGR Roophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10084989305615503801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812053459854550777.post-81635188586005575142012-12-10T01:03:27.563-07:002012-12-10T01:03:27.563-07:00I bought them on ebay. Used books. Yes, it was &qu...I bought them on ebay. Used books. Yes, it was "Starlight, Starbright"విజయవర్ధన్ (Vijayavardhan)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17029291422521655879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812053459854550777.post-2929745937583422402012-12-09T21:52:09.812-07:002012-12-09T21:52:09.812-07:00Vijayavardhan - Hello! Glad you liked the post. ...Vijayavardhan - Hello! Glad you liked the post. May I ask where you bought "A Guide to Adventure" and Randor Guy's book (I assume you mean "Starlight, Starbright?")? I've had the hardest time finding them in the US and just resorted to interlibrary loan which may not pan out... :)MinaiMinaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02868497630163066412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812053459854550777.post-44458654626395092642012-12-09T21:04:02.463-07:002012-12-09T21:04:02.463-07:00Hi Minai, I thoroughly enjoyed the post. I have bo...Hi Minai, I thoroughly enjoyed the post. I have bought the "A Guide to Adventure" recently after reading Randor Guy's book. Nice to see your post on Duncan (what a coincidence!). Thanks & Regards<br />విజయవర్ధన్ (Vijayavardhan)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17029291422521655879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812053459854550777.post-319733680792639542012-12-08T14:16:38.744-07:002012-12-08T14:16:38.744-07:00Richard - Hello! Sorry you had some commenting pro...Richard - Hello! Sorry you had some commenting problems, perhaps Blogger is doing a 'lil upgrade again. I was hoping you would have time to comment on this post and weigh in on the when-was-it-filmed factor based on Padmini's appearance. :) I'm glad you agree about my early 1950s estimate, and that's exactly what I felt, that Padmini and Lalitha's faces look a bit different and younger in videos from 1949 and earlier. Yay, I'm getting better at identifying them...maybe one day I will reach your level of expertise. :D Excellent information that Padmini had said she and her sisters were performing in stage shows during this time! The clip is such a great video capture of what their performances might have been like--I'm so happy to have found it! MinaiMinaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02868497630163066412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812053459854550777.post-48194243761519447032012-12-04T23:08:10.273-07:002012-12-04T23:08:10.273-07:00Oh, OK, the WordPress link did work after all - bu...Oh, OK, the WordPress link did work after all - but the preview kept saying "Anonymous" - not a good system here. :)Richard S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13328995021554144513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812053459854550777.post-53995068282490812302012-12-04T23:06:47.525-07:002012-12-04T23:06:47.525-07:00Hi, Minai. This is Richard S. from Dances on the ...Hi, Minai. This is Richard S. from Dances on the Footpath. I am having some problems with the blogger comments function, which at this point is listing me as "Anonymous." That's because I signed out of Google/Blogger because it kept automatically linking me to a Blogger site that I never use anymore, and I wanted the link to be to WordPress. But it doesn't seem to work. Oh, well, we'll see...<br /><br />Anyway, I wanted to say, the Padmini/Lalitha scene is great! By the way, I have seen in an interview with Padmini that the Travancore Sisters were still performing as a troupe and were in stage shows at the same time that they were already doing films. However, I would agree with you that this scene was probably from the early '50s, since they actually looked younger in some of the film scenes from 1947-49. They might have still been doing the dance troupe, or the scene might have been artificially created. Who knows? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812053459854550777.post-25124887784367085282012-12-04T20:04:02.259-07:002012-12-04T20:04:02.259-07:00Nivedita - What an amazing project, I had no idea!...Nivedita - What an <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AnAmericanInMadras" rel="nofollow">amazing project</a>, I had no idea! Thank you for sharing that link, I would not have found about it otherwise. This has pushed me to create a Facebook page - I don't want to miss this stuff! :) I will definitely go post about these West Virginia clips on their page... thanks again for the info. All the best, ~MinaiMinaiMinaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02868497630163066412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812053459854550777.post-15554251068148923902012-12-03T22:33:42.217-07:002012-12-03T22:33:42.217-07:00Typo in my earlier comment-- that should be "...Typo in my earlier comment-- that should be "An American in Madras"Niveditahttp://cinemacorridor.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812053459854550777.post-77263425514125476842012-12-03T22:32:24.605-07:002012-12-03T22:32:24.605-07:00A documentary on Dungan called An American is Madr...A documentary on Dungan called An American is Madras should soon be out. https://www.facebook.com/AnAmericanInMadrasNiveditahttp://cinemacorridor.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812053459854550777.post-90395227011765602092012-11-30T08:19:05.838-07:002012-11-30T08:19:05.838-07:00Oops! You are right and I should have known that f...Oops! You are right and I should have known that from our previous discussion. :) In my hurry to grab the date for the film I used what RajVideoVision had in the video info section. We'll have to tell them they got the wrong date! :) Thanks for the correction.MinaiMinaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02868497630163066412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812053459854550777.post-10640493212100484802012-11-30T07:04:52.719-07:002012-11-30T07:04:52.719-07:00Amazing post....
Minor correction - the Nandanar...Amazing post....<br /> <br />Minor correction - the Nandanar movie in youtube is not the 1935 Nandanar movie. The uploaded movie was made in 1942, directed by Murugadass. http://www.hindu.com/cp/2008/05/30/stories/2008053050431600.htm<br />The 1935 version print was destroyed<br />http://www.hindu.com/cp/2008/02/08/stories/2008020850351600.htm<br />"Today, there is no trace of this historic film, except for a few stills"ragothamanhttp://sangeethas.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com