Léonide Massine

Music, ballet, folk dances and mime eliciting the spirit of Naples across the ages are loosely tied together by the comedic wanderings and exploits of the Esposito family.

A young poet named Hoffman broods over his failed romances. First, his affair with the beautiful Olympia is shattered when he realizes that she is really a mechanical woman designed by a scientist. Next, he believes that a striking prostitute loves him, only to find out she was hired to fake her affections by the dastardly Dapertutto. Lastly, a magic spell claims the life of his final lover.

童話『赤い靴』になぞられたバレリーナの悲しい宿命を、華麗なダンスシーンや、幻想的な映像美で描く、イギリスの巨匠・パウエル&プレスバーガーの傑作バレエ映画。アカデミー美術・装置賞、劇・喜劇映画音楽賞受賞。 ヴィクトリア（モイラ・シアラー）はロンドンで、レルモントフ・バレエ団を率いるボリス（アントン・ウォルブルック）の目に留まる。同じころ、新進作曲家ジュリアン（マリウス・ゴーリング）も同バレエ団に採用される。プリマ（リュドミラ・チェリナ）の結婚によりヴィクトリアが主役に抜てきされ、新作「赤い靴」への企画がスタートするが……。

The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo perform a ballet to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnol.

The Gay Parisian is an American short film produced in 1941 by Warner Bros. featuring the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo and directed by Jean Negulesco. The film is a screen adaptation, in Technicolor, of the 1938 ballet Gaîté Parisienne, choreographed by Léonide Massine to music by Jacques Offenbach. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 14th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).

In a Hungarian gypsy encampment, carefree Sandor lives with his beautiful sweetheart Yutka. Into their lives rides a blonde countess, with whom Sandor becomes infatuated. Yutka soon flees from her faithless lover. Sandor roams the country, searching for his lost love, but finds her too late. she now wears furs and has her own aristocratic love. Sandor returns heartbroken to his Romany encampment.