The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
A circus performer becomes a ballerina and then begins her life of a career versus marriage and a home-life. She marries her first husband, her mentor and instructor, primarily out of gratitude. After his death, she marries an American thinking that can be her escape from the world of ballet. But she leaves him to return the dancing. She has a child but does not tell her husband. When her daughter is two-years-old, the husband finds out and takes the child to America. The ballerina continues to dance until her best dancing days have gone by.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Gregory RatoffDirector
- Paul TriversScreenplay
- Frederick KohnerScreenplay
- Michael WilsonScreenplay
Cast
- Loretta YoungLina Varasvina / Polly Varley
- Conrad VeidtStanislas Rosing
- Dean JaggerDavid Gibson
- Eugenie LeontovichMarie
- Shepperd StrudwickRoger Chevis
- Otto KrugerVictor
- Ann E. ToddRose
- Paul BaratoffManilov
- Billy RayNurdo (as Billy Rayes)
- Ludmila ToretzkaMme. Olenkova
- Tommy LaddLina's Dancing Partner (as Tom Ladd)
Stills
Themes
mentorballerina