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Line 1: [[Image:Legong poster.jpg\|thumb\|Publicity poster for original release (note misspelled word ''Actully'')]] '''''Legong: Dance of the Virgins''''' ([[1935 in film\|1935]]) was one of the last ~~feature~~ [[feature film]]s shot using the two-strip [[Technicolor]] process. ==Production== An [[United States\|American]] [[exploitation film]] (of a type often referred to as a "[[goona-goona epic]]"), itsimilar to ''[[Isle of Paradise]]'' (1932) directed by [[Charles Trego]] and ''[[Goona Goona]]'' or ''Love Powder'' (1932) directed by [[Andre Roosevelt]] and [[Armand Denis]]. ''Legong'' was produced and directed by [[Henry de la Falaise]] for his wife [[Constance Bennett]]'s [[Bennett Pictures ~~Corp.~~Corporation]], and was filmed entirely on location in [[Bali]] infrom ~~[[1933~~May into August ~~film\|~~1933]], using an all -Balinese cast. The cameraman was three-time [[Academy Awards\|Academy Award]] winner color specialist [[William H. Greene]] who also photographed the 2-strip Technicolor scenes in ''[[Ben-Hur (1925 film)\|Ben-Hur]]'' ([[1925 in film\|1925]]). ''Legong'' was first distributed in the United States in 1935 by [[DuWorld Pictures Inc.]] and outside the U.S. by [[Paramount Pictures\|Paramount International]]. The original score was written by [[Abe Meyer]] who also wrote the music for ''[[White Zombie]]'' (1932) and other horror films, and was performed by an orchestra under the direction of [[S. K. Wineland]]. == Original release ==