Motion pictures

An unidentified man, Alan Curtis as the Austrian Composer Franz Schubert, and Ilona Massey as his beloved Anna during the filming of "New Wine".

This is a rear view of Ilona Massey's head for a screen test for her hairdo for the movie "Balalaika." Original photograph has been retouched.

Ilona Massey (left) as Natalia Alanova and Nelson Eddy (right) as Captain Jim Laurence pose for a photograph while acting in Republic Pictures "Northwest Outpost".

Actress Ilona Massey (left) poses for a screen test. Original caption: Directed by Billy Grady, at her left, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer talent executive, who has groomed Ilona Massey for seventeen months to finally achieve stardom opposite Nelson Eddy in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Balalaika". The costume is one she wears in the film.

Actor Nelson Eddy (right) plays Captain Jim Laurence and actress Ilona Massey (left) plays Natalia Alanova in Republic Pictures film "Northwest Outpost".

Nelson Eddy (left) and Ilona Massey (right) pose for a photo in a scene for "Balalaika", her first starring Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture.

Ilona Massey (left) as Anna and Alan Curtis as Franz Schubert pose for a photograph during the filming of "New Wine".

Ilona Massey and Alan Curtis pose for a photograph during the filming of "New Wine". Alan Curtis played the role of Austrian Composer Franz Schubert and Ilona Massey as Anna.

From left to right, Nelson Eddy, Ilona Massey, and an unidentified man look over materials while on the set of "Balalaika" at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Louis B. Mayer, E. J. Mannix, and Lawrence Weingarten, join with members of the "Balalaika" company in celebrating Nelson Eddy's birthday. Eddy and Ilona Massey are co-starred in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical which Weingarten brings to the screen, adapted from Eric Macshwitz's London stage success. Eddie Mannix is in the front row, left. Nelson Eddy is near the center, holding a plate of cake and a fork. Ilona Massey stands beside him. Louis B. Mayer is in the front row, third from the right. Others are unidentified.