The Gay Divorcee cinema slide

United States, 1934

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Object
Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI

Two glass sheets: one glass only and the other with slide imagery which has a monochromatic emulsion that has then been hand painted with coloured pigments or dye. TEXT on the slide reads: The original would have read in it’s entirety: You are now listening to the Theme Songs of The Gay Divorcee Starring: Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers an R.K.O Radio Picture

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

Previously on display

15 June 2023

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

director

Mark Sandrich

production company

RKO Radio Pictures

Production places
United States
Production dates
1934 c. 1920-1950

Appears in

Group of items

Glass cinema slides

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

AEO179923

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-05. Sound and Colour → MI-05-C02

Measurements

82 x 82 x 3mm

Object Types

3D Object

Glass slide/Pictorial

Materials

glass, ink, emulsion, tape

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