Three Waltzes

Les Trois Valses traces the love story of two people over three eras In the first waltz music based on Johann Strauss I Yvonne is a sensitive Parisian ballet dancer whose romance with a dashing officer is brought to an abrupt end by his family She goes off to Vienna to become a big star In the second waltz her daughter an even bigger star but now of Paris music halls has a brief flirtation with the rakish manabouttown who is the son of suitor number one She throws him over pretty quickly for a chance to shine at a Gala performance Finally in the third waltz the two get together when she is a movie star and he is posing as an insurance salesman