Word: ludmilla
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This accurate study of backstage ballet life is possible because the producers hit upon the idea of employing real ballet dancers to play the parts. Robert Helpmann, who is not only the biggest attraction in British ballet but also a Shakespearean actor, is given a featured role. Ludmilla Teherina plays herself, a temperamental but very luscious prima ballerina...
Glinka:'Russian and Ludmilla (soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Moscow State Theater of the U.S.S.R.; Disc, 4 sides). One of Russia's oldest operas (1842) released on records for the first time in the U.S. by Moe Asch's new firm (TIME, Feb. 25). The Russians sing vigorously and loud. Performance: good...
Traitor. Lida Baarova (real name: Ludmilla Babkova) was born in Prague. Her father was a Milquetoasty little fellow who worked in the city hall; her domineering mother was determined that Lida should be a radiant somebody. She became one, in motion pictures. Seven years ago she was the center of a great brouhaha when goatish little Paul Joseph Goebbels was beaten up (either by her burly husband, Gustav Frölich, or by friends of his) for being entertained in Lida's chambers. Berliners coined a crack-"Ich möchte so gern fröhlich sein"-which...
Friday Evening, May 28 Overture: Poet and Peasantvon Suppe Suite from "Rodeo" Copland Warsaw Concerto Addinsell (Piano: Leo Litwin) Brazil Barroso Saturday Evening, May 29 Overture: "Russian and Ludmilla" Glinka Concerto in F Gershwin (Piano: Jesus Maria Sanroma) Suite from Ballet: "Sylvia" Delibes Prelude to "The Deluge" Saint-Saons "On the Trail," from Grand Canyon Suite Grofe Sunday Evening, May 30 No concert
With a third Russian actress (Ludmilla Toretska) they descend uninvited upon a flabbergasted Long Island family. One of the Slavs is soulful, one is sexy, one is earthy; all are broke and ebullient. When not badgering their host to angel a play, they jabber about the beauty of silence, emote about love and art and nothing at all, quite happily drink poison. The poison turns out to be peach brandy...