A Woman Leading a Man? French Sheet Music, 1913. Ray Batchelor writes: Commercial imagery of women leading other women is commonplace. Commercial Imagery of women leading men is rare, indeed, to date (2 October 2018) this is the only example I have found. This is an illustration taken from French
Ray Batchelor writes: “You can catch this precise image at 43 minutes 12 seconds or if watch the whole scene from 41 minute 58 seconds in this account of “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”: As I wrote in my paper, “Tango teas, trousers and autonomy: images of women dancing
Ray Batchelor writes: “A clip from the 1937 Laurel and Hardy movie, “Way Out West” in which the Avalon Boys sing “At the Ball, That’s All”. This is the link to clip – be patient… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAmb4dVJAmU One comment left on YouTube (link below) says “August 29th 2016 is the 100th
Ray Batchelor writes: “The caricaturist, Georges Gousat, better known as “Sem”, was famous for savagely satirising French society. In 1913, he published Tangoville sur Mer, a book of cartoons based on what he saw (or what he imagined) while on a trip to the fashionable resort at Deauville. In among
Ray Batchelor writes: “The caricaturist, Georges Gousat, better known as “Sem”, was famous for savagely satirising French society. In 1913, he published Tangoville sur Mer, a book of cartoons based on what he saw (or what he imagined) while on a trip to the fashionable resort at Deauville. In among
Ray Batchelor writes: “This photo is taken from the website “Une Histoire du Tango” created by Dominique Lescarret and was originally published in the French magazine “Femina” February 1914. The text at the foot of the image reads: Un couple charmant : Mlle Eve Lavallière et Spinelly dans une scène
Ray Batchelor writes: “This is an illustration by A. Morel at the centre of some sheet music for the Villoldo tango ‘Elegancias’ reproduced in the book, ‘Paris Buenos Aires’ by Nardo Zalko and dated there as 1914. A full version of the same cover, dated 1913 and said to be
Ray Batchelor writes: Cover of sheet music, The Penultimate Tango or The Dingo Tango L’avant dernier tango – The Penultimate Tango A young (25?) Maurice Chevalier towers over and leads music hall and film star, Félicien Tramel, while Rollin – should that be Polin? Certainly the stage persona of Pierre-Paul
Ray Batchelor writes: I find this interesting because it shows a woman fighting for her political rights in 1913, at the height of “Tangomania” having her actions subverted by the policeman who, by turning his arrest of her into a tango, thinks it is all a joke and undermines her
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