MICHAEL FRASSINELLI
Dancing Bird Figure
aka
Miss B ~ The Incredible Dancing Bird
(10" tall Marionette) 2004
Piano mechanisms, cabinet parts, wire, felt
[MOVIE]
collection of Scattergood-Moore
(gift for Sophia Amelia Sidman)

"Miss B" The Increadible Dancing Bird (03:36 minutes) - a vintage newsreel, circa 1928. Miss "B" reached the height of her popularity in 1927, when a New York jazz band called "The Bird-dog Five," recorded a novelty hit called "Ain't Miss"B" Heaven" for Okay Records, which sold thousands of copies. In that year alone, at least six short films were made of her dance routines, including rare footage of her attempt at ballet, which some believe was the nail in the coffin of an already faltering career... For more information on the history of "Miss B," go to here. A special thanks to Michael Frassinelli for information on this rare newsreel clip.