The Dying Swan that the dance today is often made to appear to be a variation of "Swan Lake", which she describes as "Odette at death's door." Isabelle says that the ballet is not about a ballerina being able to transform herself into a swan, but about death, with the swan as a metaphor. Pavlova was recorded dancing "The Dying Swan" in a 1925 silent film, to which sound is often added. The short ballet has influenced interpretations of Odette in Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake", particularly during the parting of the lovers in the first lakeside scene. The dance was almost immediately adapted by
Odette Tyler in 1919 for R. D. MacLean's film career. Odette Tyler died in 1936, in Los Angeles, California. Odette Tyler Elizabeth Lee "Bess" Kirkland was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1869 (some sources give 1872), the daughter of William Whedbee Kirkland and Susan Ann Hardee Kirkland. Her father was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. Her maternal uncle William J. Hardee was also a Confederate general. Her older brother, Hardee Kirkland, was an actor and director in silent films. Robert E. Lee was her godfather. Her education included time at a convent school in Georgetown and at the Loretto