1937 - Bashful Ballerina - Imogene Coca - Her first comedy film.

[@larrymartin7479]

Wonderful!

[@frankwafer6919]

What a beautiful gem of a film,thank you so much!💯🙂💫👍!

[@runkles]

Awesome!!! God, I love Imogene Coca. She's like human Looney Tunes here. In every clip I see of her she has this weird energy that her contemporaries don't, like she could almost dance into your living room and give you a high five.

[@dsantamaria713]

She was so great! ❤❤❤

[@billgreen1861]

Fantastic find, I was always a fan of, Imogene Coca, never failed to make me laugh. It pains me to think that she left this world not knowing how much she was admired and loved. Truly a sad ending. Thank you for sharing this wonderful piece of history.

[@MichieHoward]

I dunno she was the second woman to win a Primetime Emmy in Comedy and she was won a Peabody Award.

[@stephaniecarrow4898]

She was well regarded in her time. I think she knew. Of course, no one knows how well they live on in the minds of others after they're gone...

[@fromthesidelines]

1946 Official Films "home movie" reissue (they acquired the rights to most of Educational's two-reel shorts of the 1930's for "non-theatrical" use). At the time, this was available from their catalog for $37.50.

[@stephaniecarrow4898]

Imogene did the same coat "striptease" years later on Your Show of Shows. What a great comic talent. And it seems as though she actually did know how to dance. There was a grace despite her goofiness, and there were a few moments where she was en pointe with ease.

[@runkles]

Yes! Goofy and graceful.

[@ChrisYonts-q7y]

GO AUNT EDNA!

[@CherylthePearl]

Gee, I wonder if I'm related to the foundation that funded the dance. 😂