Rainbow Dance (1936)

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The film was made by colorful printing of footage combined with drawing directly on film. The bouncy music drives home the message heard at the end of the film, promoting the GPO (General Post Office): "The Post Office Savings Bank puts a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for you. No deposit too small for the Post Office Savings Bank.

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"DIR: Len Lye SUMMARY: Dancer Rupert Doone performs a dance in silhouette alongside abstract and recognisable shapes and effects. WHY IT'S HERE: Following on from the critical success of 'A Colour Box', Len Lye made 'Rainbow Dance', another vividly lively abstract film that incongruously incorporates an advert for the Post Office. Unlike its purely abstract predecessor, 'Rainbow Dance, features several recognisable images, in particular that of dancer Rupert Doone, whose dancing ties the film"