Legong: Dance of the Virgins (1935)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA | Director: Henri de la Falaise
Language: Music with English Intertitles | Subtitles: None
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1 | Length: 55mn
Dvdrip Xvid Avi – 512×384 – 23.976fps – 701mb
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129196/
In Balinese villages, pageant, dance, music, story-telling, and religion dominate the culture. Young women may be the aggressor in love, but disgrace befalls her whose choice rejects her. Poutou, a nubile maiden who dances at the temple, lives with her jovial father and lovely younger sister, Saplak. Poutou falls in love with Nyong, a musician new to the village. He returns her interest, so her father and she make plans for a marriage, and she arranges to perform her final temple dance. Then Nyong’s eyes light on Saplak. How will each character react?
This movie was one of the the last Hollywood productions in two-tone (green-red) Technicolor and also one of the last silent movies produced in Hollywood. It was shot in Bali (Indonesia) with a Balinese cast and has a musical soundtrack with inter-titles. Legong was produced by Bennett Productions, and originally released by Paramount International (outside the US only) due to concerns about female nudity. In 1935 the Hays Code was in full swing.
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