Irina Baronova as Prima Ballerina Trina in the Ballet Sequence from ‘Florian’ (1940)

This is the major ballet sequence in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Hollywood film ‘Florian’ (1940), starring Irina Baronova. The film was directed by Edwin L. Marin and stars Robert Young and Helen Gilbert, with Baronova as the petulant, grasping and beautiful second love interest, the prima ballerina Trina. Music for the sequence is the beginning of Act 3 of ’Sylvia’ by Delibes. YouTubeer TheStockwell tells that: “The AFI (American Film Institute) gives the choreographer’s name as Ernst Matray. Hungarian born