The Men in Her Life
Appearance
The Men in Her Life | |
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Directed by | Gregory Ratoff |
Screenplay by | Frederick Kohner Michael Wilson Paul Trivers |
Based on | Ballerina by Lady Eleanor Smith |
Produced by | Gregory Ratoff |
Starring | Loretta Young Conrad Veidt Dean Jagger John Shepperd Otto Kruger Eugenie Leontovich |
Cinematography | Harry Stradling Arthur Miller |
Edited by | Francis D. Lyon |
Music by | David Raksin |
Production company | Gregory Ratoff Productions |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Men in Her Life is a 1941 American period drama film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Loretta Young, Conrad Veidt, Dean Jagger, John Shepperd, Otto Kruger and Eugenie Leontovich. It is an adaptation of the 1932 novel Ballerina by the British writer Eleanor Smith. It was nominated for the 1941 Academy Award for Best Sound Recording (John P. Livadary), but lost to That Hamilton Woman.[1][2][3] The sets were designed by the Russian-born art director Nicolai Remisoff.
Plot
[edit]A nineteenth-century circus performer becomes a celebrated dancer, but has trouble balancing her romantic and family aspirations with her career.
Cast
[edit]- Loretta Young as Lina Varsavina
- Conrad Veidt as Stanislas Rosing
- Dean Jagger as David Gibson
- Eugenie Leontovich as Marie
- John Shepperd as Roger Chevis
- Otto Kruger as Victor
- Paul Baratoff as Manilov
- Ann Todd as Rose
- Billy Rayes as Nurdo
- Ludmila Toretzka as Madame Olenkova
- Tom Ladd as Lina's Dancing Partner
Uncredited
[edit]- John Elliott as Andrew, Gibson's Butler
- Holmes Herbert as Second Doctor
- Edward Van Sloan as First Doctor
References
[edit]- ^ "The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
- ^ "The Men in Her Life (1941)". FilmAffinity. filmaffinity.com. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
- ^ "The Men in Her Life". AFI Catalof of Feature Films. afi.com. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
Bibliography
[edit]- McLean, Adrienne L. Dying Swans and Madmen: Ballet, the Body, and Narrative Cinema. Rutgers University Press, 2008.
External links
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Categories:
- 1941 films
- Films based on British novels
- Films based on romance novels
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by Gregory Ratoff
- Films scored by David Raksin
- Films set in the 1850s
- Films set in the 1860s
- Films set in the 1870s
- Films with screenplays by Michael Wilson (writer)
- Columbia Pictures films
- Films about ballet
- 1940s historical romance films
- American historical romance films
- 1940s English-language films
- 1940s American films
- English-language historical romance films
- 1940s film stubs
- Romance film stubs
- 1940s American film stubs