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The Men in Her Life
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The Men in Her Life

1941-10-30 · 89 min · ★ 6.7

Drama

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.

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Directors
Gregory Ratoff
Production companies
Gregory Ratoff Productions
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Loretta YoungLoretta YoungLina Varasvina / Polly Varley
Conrad VeidtConrad VeidtStanislas Rosing
Dean JaggerDean JaggerDavid Gibson
Eugenie LeontovichEugenie LeontovichMarie
Shepperd StrudwickShepperd StrudwickRoger Chevis
Otto KrugerOtto KrugerVictor
Ann E. ToddAnn E. ToddRose
Paul BaratoffManilov
Billy RayNurdo (as Billy Rayes)
Ludmila ToretzkaMme. Olenkova
Tommy LaddLina's Dancing Partner (as Tom Ladd)

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