Tamara Toumanova appeared in a number of Hollywood movies - ‘Days of Glory’ (1944), 'Tonight We Sing' (1953), 'Deep in My Heart' (1954), ’Torn Curtain’ (1966), ‘Invitation to the Dance’ (1956), and ‘The Private Lives of Sherlock Holmes’ (1970).

‘Deep in My Heart’ is a ‘MGM biographical musical film about the life of operetta composer Sigmund Romberg, who wrote the music for ‘The Student Prince’, ‘The Desert Song’ among others. The movie consists of a series of cameo turns by nearly every significant singer or dancer on the MGM lot at the time. As well as Tamara Toumanova, these include dancer Cyd Charisse (dubbed by Carol Richards), Rosemary Clooney (Jose Ferrer's wife), Vic Damone, Howard Keel, Gene Kelly and his brother Fred Kelly (their only on-screen appearance together), Tony Martin, Ann Miller, James Mitchell, Jane Powell and Joan Weldon.

In 'Deep in My Heart’, the Black Pearl plays Gaby Deslys (1881-1920), a French actress, singer and dancer, who was 'discovered' in Paris by the impresario George Edwardes, who brought her to London for a cameo role, 'The Charm of Paris,' in The New Aladdin at the Gaiety Theatre (29 September 1906). She conquered Broadway in 1911 and later that year effortlessly upstaged her co-star, the rising Al Jolson, in Vera Violetta (Winter Garden Theatre, 20 November 1911).

Deslys' celebrity rose following newspaper stories which gossiped about King Manuel II of Portugal's infatuation with her. During the king's visit to Paris in December 1909, he was introduced to Deslys and immediately began a relationship with her. It was thought that after this first meeting the King sent Deslys a pearl necklace worth $70,000. Their relationship was anything but discreet (she would arrive before night at the Palácio das Necessidades and would pass through Portugal unnoticed); abroad, meanwhile, they were on the front pages of newspapers in Europe and North America, especially after he was deposed in 1910. In public interviews, usually on trips, Deslys never negated the obvious, but always refused to comment on her relationship with the deposed King.

Toumanova dances and ‘sings’ (being dubbed by Betty Wand) in this movie.

The second part of this video upload is a crazy Hollywood big production number and will probably make you laugh out loud!

Enjoy!

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