Throwback Thursday and Theodore Kosloff
Born in Moscow on January 22, 1882,
Theodore Kosloff trained at Moscow’s Imperial Theater. After he graduated he
joined the Diaghilev Ballet Company, where he met Mrs. Rudolph Valentino, Natacha
Rambova with whom he had a brief romantic relationship.
He came to the U.S. in 1909 and met
Cecil B. De Mille. His niece, Agnes de Mille encouraged him to engage Kosloff
as an actor. He began acting in the film The
Woman God Forgot and in 1912 he began collaborating with the choreographic
director.
He went on to work as actor and
choreographer, choreographing several Broadway musicals: The Passing Show
of 1915 (1915–1916), A World of Pleasure (1915–1916)
and See America First (1916). His career as an actor continued through the 1920s, but it came to an end with the advent of sound (talking
pictures). His Russian accent wasn’t what the directors wanted. His last role
was un-credited: he played a dance instructor in the 1937 movie Stage Door that featured Ginger Rogers
and Katherine Hepburn.
Although not employed as an actor, he
worked as a consultant on many films including his last: The Ten Commandments. He also had a successful ballet school in Los
Angeles. He died on Thanksgiving morning in 1956.
Due to his contributions to the world of
motion pictures, he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #215:
“Theodore
Kosloff was a Russian dancer and actor.”
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minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot,
so you have to work it out all yourself from the clues.”
― Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures
― Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures
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