performed by Natalia Makarova. However, Makarova began to suspect her part was originated on another dancer and pulled out of the project. Massine was appointed resident choreographer of the Marin Ballet. He began work on a new production of The Nutcracker, which was never seen outside the studio. Film work Massine appeared in two feature-length films by the British directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger: The Red Shoes (1948) and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951). He also had a cameo appearance in Powell's later film Honeymoon (1959). Massine starred in several films of ballet short subjects. For Warner Brothers, he starred with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in a short Technicolor film of his ballet Capriccio Espagnol, entitled Spanish Fiesta (1942). He choreographed and danced in the 1947 20th Century Fox color film Carnival in Costa Rica, and also choreographed and appeared as Pulcinella in the film Carosello Napoletano. In 1941, Warner Bros made an attempt at a film version of the ballet of Gaîté Parisienne, entitled The Gay Parisian. The attempt was not well received, partly due to the fact that the signature role, played by Alexandra Danilova in the original work, was recast on a lesser dancer, Milada Mladova. Personal life In his youth, Massine was the protégé and lover of Diaghilev. In later life he enjoyed numerous love affairs with beautiful women and had four wives. His first two wives, Vera Savina (née Vera Clark) and Eugenia Delarova, were both ballet dancers. With his third wife, Tatiana Orlova, he had two children, a son, Leonide Massine II (who later changed his name to "Lorca Massine"), and a daughter, Tatiania. He and Orlova divorced in 1968. He subsequently married Hannelore Holtwick, with whom he had two sons, Peter and Theodor, and made his home in Borken, West Germany, where he died on 15 March 1979. In 1968 Massine published his autobiography, entitled My Life in Ballet. Awards Massine was inducted into the National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame in 2002. Major works 1915: Soleil de Nuit (Midnight Sun, to the music of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, set and costumes by Mikhail Larionov) 1916: Las Meninas (music by Gabriel Fauré) 1917: The Good-Humoured Ladies (music by Domenico Scarlatti, arr. Vincenzo Tommasini) 1917: Parade (music by Erik Satie) 1919: La Boutique fantasque (music by Gioacchino Rossini, arr. Ottorino Respighi) 1919: The Three-Cornered Hat (music by Manuel de Falla) 1920: