Tilly Losch in The Band Wagon

Florence Vandamm :: Tillie / Tilly Losch in ‘The Band Wagon’, 1931. In costume for Act 1·6: The Flag (danced by Tilly Losch)
Florence Vandamm :: Tillie / Tilly Losch in ‘The Band Wagon’, 1931. In costume for Act 1·6: The Flag (danced by Tilly Losch)
Ira Daniel Schwarz :: Tilly Losch (Ottilie Ethel Leopoldine Losch) in ‘The Band Wagon’, 1931-1932
Ira Daniel Schwarz :: Tilly Losch (Ottilie Ethel Leopoldine Losch) in ‘The Band Wagon’, 1931-1932
Ira Daniel Schwarz :: Tillie / Tilly Losch in ‘The Band Wagon’, 1931. In costume for Act 1·6: The Flag (danced by Tilly Losch).
Ira Daniel Schwarz :: Tillie / Tilly Losch in ‘The Band Wagon’, 1931. In costume for Act 1·6: The Flag (danced by Tilly Losch). Retrieved from hauntedbystorytelling

The New York Public Library hosts a group of around 150 photographs (shot by Vandamm Studio) of the musical The Band Wagon, unfortunately the resolution is very poor as well as the information provided: here is the direct link to them: NYPL/Billy Rose Theater Division/Vandamm theatrical photographs.

The Band Wagon opened on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theater on June 3rd, 1931, and concluded on January 16th, 1932, running a total of 260 performances. Produced by Max Gordon, with book by Walter Thomson and Howard Dietz, lyrics also by Dietz and music by Arthur Schwartz. Staging and lighting were by Hassard Short, choreography by Albertina Rasch, and scenic design by Albert R. Johnson. The cast included Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire, Helen Broderick, Tilly Losch, John Barker and Frank Morgan (among others). The show introduced for the first time Schwartz-Dietz’s song Dancing in the Dark (danced by Losch).

Structure of the revue: the musical comedy consisted in five sketches and thirteen songs or musical numbers divided in two acts. As far as we are aware, Losch took part in three of the musical numbers: The Flag, The Beggar Waltz (with Fred Astaire) and Dancing in the Dark (with John Barker).

Tilly Losch · 1930s

Tilly Losch [1904-1974] German show dancer from the 1930s. Previously a solo dancer at the State Opera. In 1931 she married American millionaire Edward James. She acts in two films, which, however, do not make her famous. Spaarnestad Photo. Het Leven
“Tilly Losch [1904-1974] German show dancer from the 1930s. Previously a solo dancer at the State Opera. In 1931 she married American millionaire Edward James. She acts in two films, which, however, do not make her famous.” Spaarnestad Photo. Fotocollectie Het Leven

Tilly Losch by Trude Fleischmann

Trude Fleischmann (1895–1990) ~ Dancer Tilly Losch, Vienna, ca. 1929. | src OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2023

Photographer’s blindstamp with address “Wien I., Ebendorferstraße 3” in the lower image at left. Signed and titled “Tilly Losch. Solotänzerin des Wiener Staatsopern Balletts. Aufnahme Trude Fleischmann Wien” in pencil, photographer’s stamp, several handwritten numbers and handwritten agency note “Wiener Photo Kurier” on the reverse.

Trude Fleischmann (1895-1990) :: Tilly Losch (1903-1975), Tänzerin, ca. 1925. | src Wien Museum
Trude Fleischmann (1895-1990) ~ Tilly Losch (1903-1975), Tänzerin, ca. 1925. | src Wien Museum

Tilly Losch et Toni Birkmeyer

Photo Abbé. Tilly Losch et Toni Birkmeyer de l’Opéra de Vienne. The two young and magnificent dancers that all Paris acclaimed last year. Original: Les deux jeunes et superbes danseurs que tout Paris applaudit l’an dernier. Le Théâtre et Comœdia illustré, Juin-Septembre 1924. | src BnF ~ Gallica
Photo Abbé. Tilly Losch et Toni Birkmeyer de l’Opéra de Vienne. The two young and magnificent dancers that all Paris acclaimed last year. Original: Les deux jeunes et superbes danseurs que tout Paris applaudit l’an dernier. Le Théâtre et Comœdia illustré, nº 36, Juin-Septembre 1924. | src BnF ~ Gallica

Mlles Midzenty et Losch, 1923

Atelier Setzer :: Mlles Midzenty (sic) et Losch du ballet de l’Opéra de Vienne, dans la Légende de Joseph. La Danse, déc. 1923. | src CND ~ Médiathèque

‘Die JosefsLegende’, 1922

Franz Xaver Setzer :: ‘Die Josefslegende’ by Richard Strauss. Dancers of the Vienna State Opera. Standing f.l.t.r.: Riki Raab; Anna Horvath and Hilde Steinlein. Front f.l.t.r.: Maria Mindszenty; Tilly Losch and Hedy Pfundmayr. Vienna, 1922. (Archiv Setzer-Tschiedel) | src and hi-res Getty Images

Tilly Losch as Almée, 1925

Rudolf Koppitz (1884-1936) ~ Tilly Losch as Almée, 1925. Multicolor bromoil print. Photoinstitut Bonartes | src getty images

Tänzerin Tilly Losch, 1937

Trude Fleischmann :: Die Wiener Tänzerin Tilly Losch, 1937. Die Bühne, Wien, erstes Juniheft 1937 (Heft nr. 449). | The Viennese dancer Tilly Losch, 1937. Die Bühne (The Stage), Vienna, June 1937 first issue (issue nº 449). | src Österreichische Nationalbibliothek