A new and original ballet, staged by Adolph Bohm, formerly premier dancer of the Chicago Opera Company, is to be included in “The Firebrand,” the 20th century production of Edwin Justus Mayer’s play on the life of Cellini which is now being made with Constance Bennett and Frederic March jointly starred for release through United Artists.
Three internationally famed dancers are in the ballet which Bohm is especially devising for the picture. They are George Orlon and Dimitri Romanoff, once of the Imperial Russian Ballet, and Maria Ruiz, premiere danseuse of the San Francisco opera.
Others in the ballet are Julia Barashkova, previously with Volinin in Paris and for four seasons solo dancer with the Chicago opera; Irene Isham of the Chicago and San Francisco opera ballets; Elise Reiman, of the Shanghai Russian ballet, and Dorothy Ward, solo dancer of the Hollywood Bowl Symphony concerts.
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