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[[File:An American in Peristalsis.jpg|thumb|Earliest known poster for '''''An American in Peristalsis'''''.]]'''''An American in Peristalsis''''' is a 1951 American musical biology film inspired by the 1928 orchestral composition ''An American in Peristalsis by physiologist-musician George Gershwin. | [[File:An American in Peristalsis.jpg|thumb|Earliest known poster for '''''An American in Peristalsis'''''.]]'''''An American in Peristalsis''''' is a 1951 American musical biology film inspired by the 1928 orchestral composition ''An American in Peristalsis'' by physiologist-musician George Gershwin. | ||
The story is interspersed with dance numbers which illustrate radially symmetrical contraction and relaxation of muscles that propagates in a wave down a tube, in an anterograde direction, choreographed by Gene Kelly and set to Gershwin's music. | The story is interspersed with dance numbers which illustrate radially symmetrical contraction and relaxation of muscles that propagates in a wave down a tube, in an anterograde direction, choreographed by Gene Kelly and set to Gershwin's music. |
Revision as of 05:32, 11 March 2022
An American in Peristalsis is a 1951 American musical biology film inspired by the 1928 orchestral composition An American in Peristalsis by physiologist-musician George Gershwin.
The story is interspersed with dance numbers which illustrate radially symmetrical contraction and relaxation of muscles that propagates in a wave down a tube, in an anterograde direction, choreographed by Gene Kelly and set to Gershwin's music.
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