Treloar and Miss Marshall, Prize Winners at the Physical Culture Show in Madison Square Garden

  • January 1904
  • 2mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Edwin S. Porter,

    Starring

    Beatrice Marshall,

    Albert Treloar,

    Opens with a woman posing on a pedestal, dressed in a white body leotard with a sash tied at her hips. Marshall continues with various feminine poses, reminiscent of classic Greek statuary, to accentuate her figure. Film cuts to Treloar posed on the bare stage without a pedestal. He wears brief leopard-skin trunks or short tunic, wrist bands, and Roman-looking laced sandals. His poses accentuate the muscular development of his upper body, particularly that of his arms, and include movements that make the muscles jump. Treloar finishes with a slight nod to the camera.