Biography Lyubov Orlova

But she also dreamed of cinema. The first film tests were not very successful. The operator told Lyubov Orlova that the path to the cinema was closed to her-because of a mole on the nose, which "will turn on the screen into a bus." However, soon the artist was invited to a small role in the picture of Boris Yurtsev “Alena's Love”. And a year later, she had already played the main character in the Petersburg Night Grigory Roshal.

Orlova agreed, but the first photo tests to the film were unsuccessful. The proportions of her face in the photographs were distorted: the nose turned out to be too large, and the cheeks were hollow. The artist was shot again and again, exposing and choosing a successful angle. Finally, the director liked the photographs, and Orlov was approved for the role of Anyuta.

On the set, Grigory Alexandrov and the young actress began the novel, and after the end of the work they immediately got married. The picture “Funny Guys” was released only two years later, in the year: the censors did not support the new genre of “Musical Comedy”.

Grigory Alexandrov recalled: “The story of creating my first comedic film is the story of overcoming many unforeseen obstacles, the struggle with opponents of the“ light ”cinema, the endless discussion battles around the script, which have taken away more time than shooting the picture.” The director developed each new script specifically for Orlova. All the talents of the actress were revealed in his paintings: the actress sang, danced, performed acrobatic tricks.

Her demanding attitude to art has become a guiding star for me. Even before any of my literary or directorial scenarios became the subject of discussion on the artistic councils of various degrees and ranks, he received a biased, demanding assessment of Orlova, who had never forgiven me for the betrayal of taste and professional skill. Grigory Aleksandrov, an excerpt from the book “The Age of Cinema”, it was Alexander Musical Comedies that brought the actress all -Union fame.

Flying hair, white turtlenecks and tight skirts came into fashion - all attributes of the image of a Soviet film star. As soon as the war ended, the artist returned to the cinema. As the actress later recalled: “All this required especially careful rehearsals. But creative fearlessness led to a new turn in her biography of the artist: she came to the dramatic scene, on Wednesday of experienced masters ...

and became a full leading actress in this troupe. " And to shoot in cinema in those years, the actress was almost not invited. But this was no longer the main role, as well as in the film "Composer Glinka" of the year. Immediately after the completion of work on the film, Lyubov Orlova became seriously ill, and in January she was gone. The actress was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery.

After her death, Grigory Alexandrov made a film about her. The picture was released at the beginning of the year, while Alexandrov died shortly before her release, in December.