Rainbow Dance
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Rainbow Dance
| caption =
| director = Len Lye
| producer = John Grierson
| story =
| screenplay =
| narrator =
| starring = Rupert Doone
| music = Burton Lane
| editing = Jack Ellitt
| studio =
| distributor = GPO Film Unit
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1936}}
| runtime = 4 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
}}
Rainbow Dance is a 1936 British animated film, created by New Zealand-born animation pioneer Len Lye and released by the GPO Film Unit. Lye's second film to be viewed by the public, it uses the Gasparcolor process. Credits also list Australian music pioneer Jack Ellitt ("Synchronization") and Frank Jones ("Camera").{{cite web |title=Rainbow Dance |url=https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/rainbow-dance-1936-by-len-lye |website=thekidshouldseethis.com |publisher=TKSST |access-date=7 February 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Sexton |first1=Jamie |title=Rainbow Dance (1936) |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/442382/index.html |website=screenonline.org.uk |publisher=BFI Screen Online |access-date=7 February 2023}}
Synopsis
A man (Rupert Doone) is holding an umbrella in the rain. Then, he starts dancing, and as he does, the backgrounds completely change. Then, he starts dancing near the ocean, with a woman and fish following. Then, he plays tennis with cel-animated circles as another man watches. A colorful array of shapes follow, and the man sits and thinks, as the shapes come back and images come off the score sheet. The music ends, and a man's voice says the following: 'Post Office Savings Bank puts a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for you', followed by 'No deposit is too small for the Post Office Savings Bank'.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0028156}}
- Watch [https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-collection/search/F2147/ Rainbow Dance] at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
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Category:1936 animated short films
Category:British animated short films
Category:Films directed by Len Lye
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:English-language musical films
Category:British musical short films
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