The Loretta Twins: lasso cowgirls and acrobats
1950
The Loretta Twins: lasso cowgirls and acrobats
1950
- NFSA ID5C3ZDZ1K
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormHome movie
- Year1950
The Loretta Twins perform lasso and skipping tricks as well as acrobatics, wearing matching cowgirl outfits.
The film was shot in a Melbourne park by Frank 'Tex' Glanville who created the slow-motion sections of the film in-camera.
Glanville was a renowned Australian vaudeville performer who specialised in rope spinning and juggling between approximately 1928 and 1965.
He made a range of home movies on 8mm film featuring his vaudeville friends. These are preserved as part of the home movie collection at the NFSA.
The Loretta Twins perform lasso and skipping tricks as well as acrobatics, wearing matching cowgirl outfits.
The film was shot in a Melbourne park by Frank 'Tex' Glanville who created the slow-motion sections of the film in-camera.
Glanville was a renowned Australian vaudeville performer who specialised in rope spinning and juggling between approximately 1928 and 1965.
He made a range of home movies on 8mm film featuring his vaudeville friends. These are preserved as part of the home movie collection at the NFSA.
- NFSA ID5C3ZDZ1K
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormHome movie
- Year1950
- FilmmakerFrank 'Tex' Glanville
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