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“Pandora”
A Moving Picture World Presentation Devised by 0. T . Taylor
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NE of the best known stories of Greek mythology is that of Pandora. A beautiful woman (the all-gifted), whom Zeus caused Hephaestus to make as punishment for the human race because Prometheus had stolen fire from Heaven. Zeus gave her a casket (Pandora’s Box) containing all the blessings of the gods, which escaped and were lost to men when the box was opened by her out of curiosity.
THE ROUTINE
The scene is a garden enclosed by a high, decorated wall in the center of which is a large circular gate-way, closed with decorated silk hangings. A large fantastic tree rises above the wall to the left ; to the right a large urn is balanced on the wall. In front of the wall are a number of large urns or vases and trailing flowers. A Nubian slave guards the gate and, sitting ’neath the wall, a dark-skinned musician strums his lute. The time is early morning with the blue light slowly yielding to rose and amber. Soft stringed music is heard. Suggested music “Reves D’Orient” Baron.
Pandora, picked up by pink spot from projection room, dances on from left. Introduce Grecian Classic dance number. Hesitating she claps her hands and the gate hangings part to reveal a vista of distant sea and towering cliffs. A sunbeam, coming from the right, picks its way with dancing reflections, across the water.
A ship, sail bellying in the breeze, moves slowly across the water in the distance. Pandora, finishing her dance, comes to rest under the tree. A gong sounds. Music segue, No. 3, suite from ballet “Salammbo.” Lights behind wall to blue. Front stage to red. Gate drapes close. A bevy of girls, brandishing swords, dance on from right, followed by an envoy carrying a decorated box which he presents to Pandora. Song may be introduced by envoy. Music to No. 4 Suite from Ballet “Salammbo” as the girls go into fast sword dance. Red Flood. Girls and envoy exit. Magenta spot on Pandora dancing around the box to “Vision of Salome,” until at last, overcome by curiosity, she opens it. A flash of light, peal of thunder; frightened, Pandora draws back from the box. Vapor tinged with light rises from the box. The slave lies prostrate on the ground. The gate hangings open mysteriously to reveal a group of acrobats posed in amber and green side floods against a decorative panel picturing a centaur. A variety of poses may be used, the drapes closing and reopening for each new pose, after which acrobatic routine is introduced. Gate drapes close. Acrobats exist.
Again a flash and a puff of vapor as the drapes part to reveal a huge, glittering seashell in which poses four dancers illuminated in bright light from underneath. The dancers step through the gate, hangings close, flood to dancers introducing rhythmic, classical dance number. Suggested “Danse Macabre,” SaintSaens. Drapes again part. This time to a group of ultra-modern dancers who enter for a fast, hot finish. Pandora closes the box.
Interpolated action, such as that of slave and (Continued on next page)