Walking The Wire (1930)

Meet a lady friend of ours who s been walking the wire from childhood M, S of a woman high wire artist walking the wire holding a parasol. She sits on the wire and there is a dissolve into a C, U. She wears a fancy frock with a fur trim and a sparkly head dress. C, U of the woman with the parasol behind her. She rests her chin on her hand and looks coy. She then stands up and does a strange half running movement across the wire pretty fast She then spins around and around, still on the wire. We see her perform in slow motion. She bounces on the wire and does high kicks. All a question of delicate equilibrium you just mustn t fall and break your contract She dances across the tightrope, looks like she might fall but doesn t. Was an item in Eve s Film Review issue number 482. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENT