Ballet Mécanique

1924 film Ballet MécaniqueDirected byFernand Léger Dudley MurphyWritten byFernand LégerStarringAlice PrinCinematographyDudley Murphy Man RayMusic byGeorge AntheilRelease date 24 September 1924 (1924-09-24) (Austria) Running time19 minutesCountryFranceLanguagesSilent film French intertitles Ballet Mécanique (1923–24) is a Dadaist, post-Cubist art film conceived, written, and co-directed by the artist Fernand Léger and the filmmaker Dudley Murphy (with cinematographic input from Man Ray). It has a musical score by the American composer George Antheil. The film premiered in a silent version on 24 September 1924 at the Internationale Ausstellung neuer Theatertechnik (International Exposition for New Theater Technique) in Vienna presented by Frederick Kiesler. It is considered to be a major work of early experimental filmmaking. Film credit and history Ballet Mécanique In her book Dudley Murphy: Hollywood Wild Card, film historian Susan Delson writes that Murphy was the film's driving force but that Léger was more successful at promoting the film as his own creation. However, some scholars argue that Léger conceived of the film himself, as part of his making the dazzling effec