#tbt: Our 10 Favorite Frederic Franklin Photos from the DM Archives

March 16, 2020

In the June 1974 issue of Dance Magazine, our cover subject was the endlessly charming Frederic Franklin, then 60 years old. After declaring at the age of 4 that he was “going to be in the theater,” the Liverpool-born dancer spent a lifetime doing exactly that.

Alexandra Danilova and Franklin
Constantine, Courtesy DM Archives
Léonide Massine, Milada Mladova and Franklin in the film
The Gay Parisian (1941) Courtesy DM Archives
Franklin in
The Red Poppy, circa 1943 Courtesy DM Archives


Franklin with Ruthanna Boris in Ruth Page and Bentley Stone’s
Frankie and Johnny, circa 1945 Courtesy DM Archives
Franklin rehearsing Maria Tallchief, 1954
Herb Flatow, Courtesy DM Archives
Franklin signing autographs at the stage door
Walter E. Owen, Courtesy DM Archives
Franklin demonstrating in rehearsal
John Heller, Courtesy DM Archives
Franklin demonstrating in rehearsal
John Heller, Courtesy DM Archives
Franklin as Madge in
La Sylphide, 1988 Don Wheeler, Courtesy DM Archives