The Men in Her Life

The Men in Her Life

89 mins | Drama | Oct. 30, 1941

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.

The Men in Her Life

89 mins | Drama | Oct. 30, 1941

The Men in Her Life
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.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Gregory Ratoff Productions
Original title The Men in Her Life
Directors Gregory Ratoff
Writers Paul Trivers, Frederick Kohner, Eleanor Smith, Michael Wilson

Cast

Loretta Young

as Lina Varasvina / Polly Varley

Conrad Veidt

as Stanislas Rosing

Dean Jagger

as David Gibson

Shepperd Strudwick

as Roger Chevis

Otto Kruger

as Victor

Ann E. Todd

as Rose

Paul Baratoff

as Manilov

Billy Ray

as Nurdo (as Billy Rayes)

Ludmila Toretzka

as Mme. Olenkova

Tommy Ladd

as Lina's Dancing Partner (as Tom Ladd)