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* ATrueStoryInMyUniverse: At the end, Mityushin debuts his first movie as director. It's ''The Cigarette Girl from Mosselprom'', the very movie we just watched. Incidentally, the film's actual director, Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky, was also a cameraman turned director. [[AuthorAvatar Hmm.]]
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* ATrueStoryInMyUniverse: At the end, Mityushin Latugin debuts his first movie as director. It's ''The Cigarette Girl from Mosselprom'', the very movie we just watched. Incidentally, the film's actual director, Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky, was also a cameraman turned director. [[AuthorAvatar Hmm.]]
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* HighClassGlass: Mityushin wears a monocle while trying to come off as an artistic type.
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* MistakenForMurderer: At one point, Mityushin believes that [=MacBride=] has murdered Zina. After it turns out that she's still alive, Zina points out that [[PragmaticVillainy her death wouldn't have been in MacBride's interest in the first place]].
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* SecondFaceSmoke: Latugin blows smoke in [=MacBride's=] face during one scene.
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* OldFashionedRowboatDate: Latugin takes Zina on one during the filming of his movie about "daily life in the new Moscow."
* SetBehindTheScenes: One of the main characters is a cameraman and another gets a job as an actress, so we see a lot of what went on behind the scenes of Soviet cinema in the 1920s.
* SetBehindTheScenes: One of the main characters is a cameraman and another gets a job as an actress, so we see a lot of what went on behind the scenes of Soviet cinema in the 1920s.
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''The Cigarette Girl from Mosselprom'' (Russian: Папиросница от Моссельпрома) is a 1924 Soviet comedy film. It was directed by Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky, and starred Igor Ilyinsky, Yuliya Solntseva, and Nikolai Tseretelli.
The titular character is Zina Vesenina (Solntseva), who sells cigarettes outside the Mosselprom Building in {{UsefulNotes/Moscow}}. She catches the eye of three men: bumbling office worker Nikodim Mityushin (Ilyinsky), visiting American businessman Oliver [=MacBride=] (M. Tsybulsky), and local cameraman Latugin (Nikolai Tsereteli). Thinking that she oughta be in pictures, Latugin uses his connections to get Zina an acting gig. Meanwhile, [=MacBride=] wants to have her as a model and perhaps more. After learning that Zina is now in the biz, Mityushin tries to impress her by writing a screenplay. However, it's Maria Ivanovna (Anna Dmokhovskaya) who wants to be with Mityushin.
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!!This film has the examples of:
* CelebrityParadox: Latugin recognizes that Zina has star potential, but he doesn't recognize that she already looks exactly like Soviet film star Yuliya Solntseva.
* {{Dedication}}: In-universe. Mityushin dedicates his screenplay to Zina.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Mityushin is a nice but hapless guy who fruitlessly pursues Zina.
* {{Eagleland}}: Take a wild guess how the visiting American businessman is portrayed in this Soviet film.
* LotsOfLuggage: [=MacBride=] arrives in Moscow with so much luggage that it tips over the buggy that he tries to use for transport. He ends up having to use an automobile instead.
* OfCourseISmoke: Even though he doesn't smoke, Mityushin buys cigarettes from Zina every day so that he'll have an excuse to interact with her. Guess what happens when he actually has to smoke one.
* TranslationWithAnAgenda: At one point, [=MacBride=] makes the mistake of hiring Mityushin to translate for him when he speaks to Zina. When [=MacBride=] says something romantic to her, a drunken Mityushin chooses to translate it as an accusation of her being a GoldDigger.
* TravelogueShow: A DiscussedTrope. Ordered to make a movie about "daily life in the new Moscow," Latugin instead films various scenes of Zina prancing about town. He tries to sell it as a travelogue, but his bosses aren't buying it.
* ATrueStoryInMyUniverse: At the end, Mityushin debuts his first movie as director. It's ''The Cigarette Girl from Mosselprom'', the very movie we just watched. Incidentally, the film's actual director, Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky, was also a cameraman turned director. [[AuthorAvatar Hmm.]]
* YouJustRuinedTheShot: Mityushin sees Zina jump off a bridge, and he rushes into the river to save her. It turns out it was a scene in the movie she's filming.
The titular character is Zina Vesenina (Solntseva), who sells cigarettes outside the Mosselprom Building in {{UsefulNotes/Moscow}}. She catches the eye of three men: bumbling office worker Nikodim Mityushin (Ilyinsky), visiting American businessman Oliver [=MacBride=] (M. Tsybulsky), and local cameraman Latugin (Nikolai Tsereteli). Thinking that she oughta be in pictures, Latugin uses his connections to get Zina an acting gig. Meanwhile, [=MacBride=] wants to have her as a model and perhaps more. After learning that Zina is now in the biz, Mityushin tries to impress her by writing a screenplay. However, it's Maria Ivanovna (Anna Dmokhovskaya) who wants to be with Mityushin.
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!!This film has the examples of:
* CelebrityParadox: Latugin recognizes that Zina has star potential, but he doesn't recognize that she already looks exactly like Soviet film star Yuliya Solntseva.
* {{Dedication}}: In-universe. Mityushin dedicates his screenplay to Zina.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Mityushin is a nice but hapless guy who fruitlessly pursues Zina.
* {{Eagleland}}: Take a wild guess how the visiting American businessman is portrayed in this Soviet film.
* LotsOfLuggage: [=MacBride=] arrives in Moscow with so much luggage that it tips over the buggy that he tries to use for transport. He ends up having to use an automobile instead.
* OfCourseISmoke: Even though he doesn't smoke, Mityushin buys cigarettes from Zina every day so that he'll have an excuse to interact with her. Guess what happens when he actually has to smoke one.
* TranslationWithAnAgenda: At one point, [=MacBride=] makes the mistake of hiring Mityushin to translate for him when he speaks to Zina. When [=MacBride=] says something romantic to her, a drunken Mityushin chooses to translate it as an accusation of her being a GoldDigger.
* TravelogueShow: A DiscussedTrope. Ordered to make a movie about "daily life in the new Moscow," Latugin instead films various scenes of Zina prancing about town. He tries to sell it as a travelogue, but his bosses aren't buying it.
* ATrueStoryInMyUniverse: At the end, Mityushin debuts his first movie as director. It's ''The Cigarette Girl from Mosselprom'', the very movie we just watched. Incidentally, the film's actual director, Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky, was also a cameraman turned director. [[AuthorAvatar Hmm.]]
* YouJustRuinedTheShot: Mityushin sees Zina jump off a bridge, and he rushes into the river to save her. It turns out it was a scene in the movie she's filming.
