''Ballerina'' is a 1932 novel by the British writer

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. It portrays the life of a great ballerina, and her eventual fall.

Adaptation

It was adapted into the 1941

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The Men in Her Life ''The Men in Her Life'' is a 1941 period drama film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Loretta Young, Conrad Veidt and Dean Jagger. It is an adaptation of the 1932 novel ''Ballerina'' by the British writer Eleanor Smith. It was nominated f ...

'' directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Loretta Young and Conrad Veidt.Goble p.433

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Vinson, James. ''Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers''. Macmillan, 1982. 1932 British novels Novels by Lady Eleanor Smith British novels adapted into films Victor Gollancz Ltd books Books about ballet Bobbs-Merrill Company books {{1930s-novel-stub