Throughout the 1940s, Lichine frequently worked in Hollywood on movie musicals and had considerable success, both as performer and choreographer. He can be seen as a specialty dancer in "The Heat's On" and "Something to Shout About" (both, 1943) and as Eleanor Powell's boogie partner in "Sensations of 1945", released in 1944. He and Riabouchinska, who had served as dance models for Ben Ali Gator and Hyacinth Hippo in the "Dance of the Hours" ballet sequence of "Fantasia" (1940), were hired by Walt Disney once again for "Make Mine Music" (1946), in which they give a charming performance in the "Two Silhouettes" sequence. As a choreographer, Lichine's first movie was "Spring Night" (1935), a remarkable short film in which he dances with Nana Gollner, but the ballet sequences for Cyd Charisse in "The Unfinished Dance" (1947) are generally considered his best work for the movie camera.