Around the USSR №126-1975 The Maly Theatre is 150 years old (1975)

Moscow street at night.

Monument to playwright A. Ostrovsky near the Maly Theater.

Empty corridors in the foyer of the Maly Theater, hall without spectators, stage curtain.

Portrait of actor Mikhail Shchepkin, drawings: Shchepkin in different roles.

Portraits of actor Pavel Mochalov.

Stand dedicated to the artists who played on the stage of the Maly Theater: Prov Sadovsky, Aleksandr Lensky, Aleksandr Yuzhin, Varvara Ryzhlva, Maria Ermolova.

Gala evening in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Maly Theater.

Flowers, diplomas, gifts are presented to artists E. Gogoleva, M. Tsarev.

Congratulatory telegrams.

Spectators in the hall applaud standing.

On stage, actors and guests of the theater applaud. N.V. Podgorny speaks on the podium.

Podgorny pins the Order of the October Revolution to the banner of the Maly Theater.

Congratulations from actors of other Moscow theaters.

Innokenty Smoktunovsky is sitting on the stage.

A violin ensemble is playing.

Dmitry Kabalevsky is sitting in the audience.

Georgian dancers are performing.

Congratulations from the stands are being listened to by artists Viktor Khokhryakov, Ivan Lyubeznov, Boris Babochkin and others.

Artist Varvara Obukhova is conducting a lesson with members of the theater group of the "Hammer and Sickle" plant.

A rehearsal of a play on the stage of the Maly Theater.

Elena Gogoleva is putting on makeup in front of a mirror.

Actor Nikolai Annenkov is preparing for the play.

Elena Shatrova and Mikhail Tsarev are acting on the stage.

Igor Ilyinsky is trying on a hat in front of a mirror.

Nikolai Ryzhov is talking to Igor Ilyinsky.

Boris Babochkin is putting on makeup before the play.

Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Tsar Feodor Ioannovich in the play of the same name.

Chief Director of the Maly Theater Boris Ravenskikh at a rehearsal.

Elena Gogoleva and a young actress look in the mirror before going on stage.

The sign lights up: "Quiet - stage!" Congratulations to the theater at the festive evening.

Actors throw flowers into the hall.

The curtain closes.