Balalaika Overview:

Balalaika (1939) was a Musical - Romance Film directed by Reinhold Sch?nzel and produced by Lawrence Weingarten.

SYNOPSIS

A musical romance, with Eddy riding at the head of a Cossack singing regiment and falling tunefully in love with Massey. Based on the operetta by Eric Maschwitz.

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Musical Monday: Balalaika (1939)

on May 29, 2017 From Comet Over Hollywood

It?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: Balalaika?(1939) ? Musical #... Read full article


Balalaika (1939)

By Beatrice on Mar 5, 2014 From Flickers in Time

Balalaika Directed by?Reinhold Sch?nzel Written by Charles Bennet, Jacques Deval et al 1939/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing/Warner Archive Collection DVD Well, I guess I needed to see this to find out that Ilona Massey is no Jeanette MacDonald. This musical is OK but not more. Lydia Pavlova ... Read full article


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Prince Peter Karagin, aka Peter Teranda: [singing] Blood and fire, not for me. / Blood and myer, not for me / Lovely ladies, six or seven / Luscious lips, I'm in heaven.


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