The Enigmatic Ledoux Family PhotographThat evening, Carol laid awake in her bedroom (with shadows cast onto the ceiling) as she listened to Helen""s and Michael""s laughter and conversation in the adjoining bedroom.And now, he climaxed his techniques inFootlight Parade (1933), especially in its teasing and naughty "By A Waterfall" sequence.The film""s major male protagonist - a malevolent, iron-willed, enigmatic, rude and imperious (but genius) Russian ballet impersario played by Anton Walbrook, was partly based upon the real-life, highly-demanding artistic director Sergei Diaghilev (1872-1929), who became famous for founding an influential ballet company, Ballets Russes, that was based in Paris.He is impressed by her star quality and spark of genius:You""ve got that little something extra that Ellen Terry talked about.As a point of reference, it rivaled he scene of the monolith""s emergence to the strains of composer Richard Strauss"" "Thus Spake Zarathustra" inKubrick""s2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).