Frank Farnum coaching Pauline Starke. And now the Charleston is moving into the movies! Pauline Starke will introduce it to the movie public at large when in the role of a chorus girl in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's A Little bit of Broadway" originator of the step gave her first-hand (or foot) instructions" – Vintage Print
![Frank Farnum coaching Pauline Starke. And now the Charleston is moving into the movies! Pauline Starke will introduce it to the movie public at large when in the role of a chorus girl in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's A Little bit of Broadway" originator of the step gave her first-hand (or foot) instructions", [1925] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/de/de036dc7bcde-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Frank Farnum coaching Pauline Starke. And now the Charleston is moving into the movies! Pauline Starke will introduce it to the movie public at large when in the role of a chorus girl in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's A Little bit of Broadway" originator of the step gave her first-hand (or foot) instructions". Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Frank Farnum coaching Pauline Starke. And now the Charleston is moving into the movies! Pauline Starke will introduce it to the movie public at large when in the role of a chorus girl in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's A Little bit of Broadway" originator of the step gave her first-hand (or foot) instructions"
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Here Pauline Starke, a silent-screen actress, takes a lesson from Frank Farnum as she prepares for a chorus-girl role in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's *A Little Bit of Broadway*. The caption presents the Charleston as moving into the movies, a notable step for a dance that had swept American dance floors after its 1923 stage debut in *Runnin' Wild*. Publicity photos like this one were meant to show audiences the newest steps and tie the film to the year's dance craze.
| Created / published | [1925] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 90708937 |
| Genre | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | No known restrictions on publication. |
| Source | Library of Congress |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,133 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-170666 |
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