The Men in Her Life

Oct 30, 1941

1h 29m

★ 6.2

Her life is every woman's dream come true!

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Gregory Ratoff Productions

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Cast

Lina Varasvina / Polly Varley

Loretta Young

Stanislas Rosing

Conrad Veidt

David Gibson

Dean Jagger

Marie

Eugenie Leontovich

Roger Chevis

Shepperd Strudwick

Victor

Otto Kruger

Rose

Ann E. Todd

Manilov

Paul Baratoff

Nurdo (as Billy Rayes)

Billy Ray

Mme. Olenkova

Ludmila Toretzka

Lina's Dancing Partner (as Tom Ladd)

Tommy Ladd

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