actress Olga Ivanova (she died during childbirth in June 1941, being married to a famous actor Boris Tenin). He was named after Douglas Fairbanks, he and Mary Pickford visited the Bolshevik state back then and were admired by Grigori and Olga. In 1952, Douglas Aleksandrov was arrested by the MVD on false treason claims and, at 26 in a prison, had suffered his first heart attack before being forcefully renamed to 'Vasilii'. The MVD unsuccessfully wanted him to testify about his father being an American spy. He was released shortly after Stalin's death in 1953. See also List of musical films List of racism-related films References External links Site-museum of Lyubov Orlova Orlova Yuri Nikulin on the film Circus 1936 films Mosfilm films 1930s Russian-language films Films set in Russia Soviet black-and-white films Films about race and ethnicity Films directed by Grigori Aleksandrov Circus films Ilf and Petrov Films scored by Isaak Dunayevsky Soviet musical comedy-drama films 1930s musical comedy-drama films Melodrama films 1936 comedy films 1936 drama films Films about racism in the United States Films set in the Soviet Union