So here's an old, silent movie from Germany called, Die schwarze Kugel or Die geheimnisvollen Schwestern. AKA The Black Ball, Vengeance Bequeathed or The Mysterious Sisters. Synopsis: Two sisters get a letter from their third sister just after leaving the third sister's funeral. It informs them that a nobleman has ruined her life and is responsible for her death. They swear revenge and that they will never fall in love with a man. They start working as a vaudeville act called “Die geheimnisvollen Schwestern” (The Mysterious Sisters). They juggle with balls and fire clubs. Of course, one sister falls in love with an attending nobleman and it turns out he is the same one that was responsible for their sister's death. They plan to kill him and the one who should do it is the one who holds the black ball (“die schwarze Kugel”) in her hands after juggling. The end includes a nice chase partially on rooftops that reminds of the films of Louis Feulliade. This movie was the first time that a quick editing technique was used to depict a fast-paced chase scene.
The jugglers were both German actresses, Mia Cordes and Manny Ziener, though neither were known for juggling.
You can read more about the film here:
https://de-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Die_schwarze_Kugel_oder_Die_geheimnisvollen_Schwestern?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp
You could watch the whole film but I can assure you that it's not that exciting and the musical score is absolutely dire. Surely this music was for a different film? I just find it staggering that the composer could have been watching the same movie!
Anyway, for a 35-minute film that is 109 years old, we see just less than two minutes of juggling.
Here we see ball juggling and passing.
https://youtu.be/EbLuiip1MHA?si=2mOQ0Z6Z4ir-qklg&t=1375
The jugglers were both German actresses, Mia Cordes and Manny Ziener, though neither were known for juggling.
You can read more about the film here:
https://de-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Die_schwarze_Kugel_oder_Die_geheimnisvollen_Schwestern?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp
You could watch the whole film but I can assure you that it's not that exciting and the musical score is absolutely dire. Surely this music was for a different film? I just find it staggering that the composer could have been watching the same movie!
Anyway, for a 35-minute film that is 109 years old, we see just less than two minutes of juggling.
Here, we see fire club passing (possibly the earliest known film footage of this):
Here we see ball juggling and passing.
https://youtu.be/EbLuiip1MHA?si=2mOQ0Z6Z4ir-qklg&t=1375
